ҡалай

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Bashkir

Etymology 1

Ҡалай

Adapted from Arabic قَلَعِيّ (qalaʕiyy, “related to tin”). Cognate with Kazakh қалай (qalai, “tin”), Uzbek qalay (“tin”), Azerbaijani qalay (“tin”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ҡа‧лай

Noun

ҡалай • (qalay)

  1. tin plate, sheet iron or steel
    Түбә ҡалайы.
    Tübə qalayı.
    Sheet iron for roofing.
Declension
Inflection of ҡалай (qalay)
singular only
absolute ҡалай (qalay)
definite genitive ҡалайҙың (qalayźıñ)
dative ҡалайға (qalayğa)
definite accusative ҡалайҙы (qalayźı)
locative ҡалайҙа (qalayźa)
ablative ҡалайҙан (qalayźan)

Etymology 2

From *qalay (“how”), from Proto-Turkic *ka- (“interrogative particle”).

Compare to Kazakh қалай (qalai, “how”), Karachay-Balkar къалай (qalay, “how”), Uzbek qalay (“how”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ҡа‧лай

Adverb

ҡалай • (qalay)

  1. (interrogative) how
  2. Used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings in an exclamation. how
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