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Bashkir
Etymology
from Proto-Turkic *eńe (“mother”), a front vowel parallel to *ana (“mother”).
Cognate with Tatar әни (äni, “mother”), Siberian Tatar инә (“mother”), Kyrgyz эне (ene, “mother”), Southern Altai эне (ene, “mother”), Kazakh ене (ene, “mother-in-law”), Yakut ийе (iye, “mother”); Khakas иней (iney, “old woman”), etc.
Pronunciation
Noun
инәй • (inəy)
- (Eastern Bashkir, North-Western Bashkir) mother
- (Standard, Southern Bashkir) an address to a woman older than the speaker's mother
Declension
Declension of инәй (inəy)
See also
- әсәй (əsəy, “mother”) (Standard, Southern Bashkir)
- әбей (əbey, “address to a woman older than the speaker's mother”) (Eastern Bashkir, North-Western Bashkir)