Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *bāča (elder sister; husbands of sisters).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [bɑˈʒɑ]
  • Hyphenation: ба‧жа

Noun edit

бажа (baja)

  1. one's wife's sister's husband; husband of a sister in relation to the husband of another sister; brother-in-law

Declension edit

Kazakh edit

Alternative scripts
Arabic باجا
Cyrillic бажа
Latin baja
Yañalif ʙaça

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *bāča (elder sister; husbands of sisters).

Noun edit

бажа (baja)

  1. one's wife's sister's husband; brother-in-law

Declension edit

Kyrgyz edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *bāča.

Noun edit

бажа (baja) (Arabic spelling باجا)

  1. brother-in-law

Tuvan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *bāča (elder sister; husband of sisters).

Noun edit

бажа (baja)

  1. husband of sisters