ҡайһы

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Bashkir

Etymology

From *qaysï "which", which is a possessive form of *qay "which", from Proto-Turkic *ka- (interrogative particle).

Cognate with Tatar кайсы (qaysı), Kazakh қайсы (qaisy), Kyrgyz кайсы (kaysı), Uzbek qaysi, Uyghur قايسى (qaysi), Khakas хайзы (xayzı), etc.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ҡай‧һы

Determiner

ҡайһы (qayhı)

  1. (interrogative) which?
    Ел ҡайһы яҡтан өрә?
    Yel qayhı yaqtan örə?
    From which direction is the wind blowing?
  2. (relative) which
    Өләсәйем шофёрҙың исемен дә, ҡайһы ауылдан икәнен дә онотҡан.
    Öləsəyem şofyorźıñ isemen də, qayhı awıldan ikənen də onotqan.
    My grandma forgot both the driver's name and from which village he was.