кайа

See also: қайа

Dolgan

Dolgan	кайа
Sakha	‍хайа

Etymology

From earlier *qaya, from Proto-Turkic *k(i)aya. Cognate with Yakut хайа (qaya), Turkish kaya (“rock”).

Noun

кайа • (kaya)

1. (geography) mountain

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *k(i)aya (“cliff”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (kaya, “rock”); Old Uyghur [script needed] (kaya); Bashkir ҡая (qaya, “rock, cliff”), Crimean Tatar qaya (“rock, cliff”), Kumyk къая (qaya), Azerbaijani qaya (“rock”),Turkish kaya, Turkmen gaýa (“rock, cliff”),Uzbek qoya (“rock, cliff”), Khakas хая (xaya, “rock”), Shor қайа, Tuvan хая (xaya, “rock”), Yakut хайа (qaya, “mountain”), etc.

Noun

кайа • (kaya)

1. rock, cliff

References

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “кайа”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN