Bashkir

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Ҡая.

Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *k(i)aya (cliff).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (qaya, rock, cliff);[1] Uzbek qoya (rock, cliff), Turkmen gaýa (rock, cliff), Azerbaijani qaya (rock), Khakas хая (xaya, rock), Tuvan хая (xaya, rock), Yakut хайа (qaya, mountain).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [qɑˈjɑ]
  • Hyphenation: ҡа‧я

Noun

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ҡая (qaya)

  1. rock, cliff, crag (mass of projecting rock)
    Ниһәйәт, текә яланғас бер ҡая юлымды ҡапланы, һәм туҡтарға мәжбүр булдым.
    Nihəyət, tekə yalanğas ber qaya yulımdı qaplanı, həm tuqtarğa məjbür buldım.
    At last, a steep bald rock barred my way, and (I) had to stop.

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 406