Kyrgyz

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Etymology

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From Persian خدا (xodâ, God).

Cognate with Bashkir хоҙай (xoźay), Karachay-Balkar къудай (quday), Southern Altai кудай (kuday, God), Khakas худай (xuday, God), Kumyk худай (xuday), Tatar ходай (xoday), Tuvan кудай (kuday, God), Uzbek xudo, Yakut кудай (kuday).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /quˈdɑj/
  • Hyphenation: ку‧дай

Noun

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кудай (kuday) (Arabic spelling قۇداي)

  1. God
    Synonyms: теңир (teŋir), алда (alda)
    Кудай сактасын!Kuday saktasın!God forbid!

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Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From Persian خدا (xodâ, God).

Cognate with Bashkir хоҙай (xoźay), Karachay-Balkar къудай (quday), Kazakh құдай (qūdai, God), Kyrgyz кудай (kuday, God), Khakas худай (xuday, God), Kumyk худай (xuday), Tatar ходай (xoday), Tuvan кудай (kuday, God), Uzbek xudo.

Noun

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кудай (kuday)

  1. God

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References

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  • N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “кудай”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN, page 236
  • кудай”, in Grammatika Altajskovo Jazyka [Altaic language Grammar], Kazan: V universtiteskoj til, 1869, →ISBN, pages 5, 199