ҡалай
Bashkir
editEtymology 1
editAdapted from Arabic قَلَعِيّ (qalaʕiyy, “related to tin”). Cognate with Kazakh қалай (qalai, “tin”), Uzbek qalay (“tin”), Azerbaijani qalay (“tin”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editҡалай • (qalay)
Declension
editInflection of ҡалай (qalay)
Etymology 2
editFrom *qalay (“how”), from Proto-Turkic *ka- (“interrogative particle”).
Compare to Kazakh қалай (qalai, “how”), Karachay-Balkar къалай (qalay, “how”), Uzbek qalay (“how”).
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editҡалай • (qalay)