See also: қайа

Dolgan edit

Dolgan кайа
Sakha хайа

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

кайа (kaya)

  1. (geography) mountain

Southern Altai edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

кайа (kaya)

  1. rock, cliff

References edit

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