بای

See also: پای and باى

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bāy (“rich, noble; many, numerous”).

Adjective

بای • (bay)

1. rich

Derived terms

• بای و كدا (bay ü geda)
• بایرمق (bayırmak)
• بایلق (baylık, “wealth”)
• بایندر (bayındır, “prosperous; an Oghuz tribe; a town in southeast of Smyrna”)

 

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بای”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 337

Persian

Verb

بای • (bây)

1. present stem form of بایستن (bâyestan)