ҡалай
Bashkir edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adapted from Arabic قَلَعِيّ (qalaʕiyy, “related to tin”). Cognate with Kazakh қалай (qalai, “tin”), Uzbek qalay (“tin”), Azerbaijani qalay (“tin”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ҡалай • (qalay)
Declension edit
Inflection of ҡалай (qalay)
Etymology 2 edit
From *qalay (“how”), from Proto-Turkic *ka- (“interrogative particle”).
Compare to Kazakh қалай (qalai, “how”), Karachay-Balkar къалай (qalay, “how”), Uzbek qalay (“how”).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
ҡалай • (qalay)