үгәй

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Bashkir

Etymology

From *ögäy "step-", probably derived from Proto-Turkic *ög (mother).

Cognate with Old Uyghur ögäj (step-); Tatar үги (ügi, step-), Kazakh өгей (ögei, step-), Kyrgyz өгөй (ögöy, step-), Southern Altai ӧй (öy, step-), Crimean Tatar ögey (step-), Uzbek oʻgay (step-), Uyghur ئوگەي (ogey, step-), Turkish üvey (step-), Khakas ӧӧй (step-).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ү‧гәй

Adjective

үгәй (ügəy)

  1. (family) step-; used before атай (atay, father), әсәй (əsəy, mother) / инәй (inəy, mother), бала (bala, child), etc., to indicate that the person being identified is not a blood relative but is related through the marriage of a parent or through adoption
    Әсәһе үлгәс, атаһы өйгә үгәй әсә алып ҡайтҡан.
    Əsəhe ülgəs, atahı öygə ügəy əsə alıp qaytqan.
    When her mother died, her father brought home a stepmother .