туғай

From *toqay (“forest; brushwood”) - apparently a regional Central Asian term.

Cognate with Kazakh тоғай (toğai, “forest; bushes”), Kyrgyz токой (tokoy, “forest; bushes on flooded riverbanks”), Uyghur توقاي (toqay, “wildwood, forest”), Uzbek toqoj (“brushwood, bulrush”), Turkmen tokaý (“forest”), Azerbaijani toğay (“forest in river valleys”) etc.

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• Hyphenation: ту‧ғай

туғай • (tuğay)

1. a seasonally flooded river or creek valley with bushes and trees growing
2. river meadow; flood meadow by the side of a river or creek

   Минең күңелем тыуған Уралымда ҡалды: муйыл сәскә атҡан туғайҙарҙы төшөмдә күреп йыш ҡына уянам.

   Mineñ küñelem tıwğan Uralımda qaldı: muyıl səskə atqan tuğayźarźı töşömdə kürep yış qına uyanam.

   My soul has remained in my native Urals: I often wake up dreaming of river meadows with bird cherries abloom.