Kyrgyz edit

Etymology edit

From *toqay (forest; brushwood) - apparently a regional Central Asian term.

Cognate with Bashkir туғай (tuğay, forest; bushes), Kazakh тоғай (toğai, forest; bushes on flooded riverbanks), Uyghur توقاي (toqay, wildwood, forest), Uzbek toqoj (brushwood, bulrush), Turkmen tokaý (forest), etc.

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): /toˈqoj/

Noun edit

токой (tokoy) (Arabic spelling توقوي)

  1. forest

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Southern Altai edit

Etymology edit

Compare to Bashkir туғай (tuğay, forest, river meadow).

Noun edit

токой (tokoy)

  1. shore of river, peninsula

References edit

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