From Proto-Turkic *ɨra. Compare to Kyrgyz ырай (ıray, “status”), etc.
ыра • (ïra)
V. verbickij, editor (1884), “ыра”, in Slovarʹ Altajskago i Aladagskago narečij tjurkskago jazyka [Altaian and Aladagian language Dictionary], Kazan', →ISBN