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Bashkir
Etymology
A front vowel parallel to Proto-Turkic *apa (“mother, elder sister, aunt”). Front row variant äbey is recent and may have a Mongolian origin. For more see апай (apay).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): , (NW)
- Hyphenation: ә‧бей
Noun
әбей • (əbey)
- old woman
Бер ауылда ярлы ғына әбей йәшәгән, аның Йәнтимер исемле 12 йәшле улы булған ти.- Ber awılda yarlı ğına əbey yəşəgən, anıñ Yəntimer isemle 12 yəşle ulı bulğan ti.
- A rather poor old woman lived in a village; she had a 12-year-old son called Yäntimer.
(From a fairy-tale)
- (family term) the elder sister of the speaker's father or mother
- (Eastern Bashkir, North-Western Bashkir) an address to a woman older than the speaker's mother
Declension
Declension of әбей (əbey)
See also
- инәй (inəy, “address to a woman older than the speaker's mother”) (Southern Bashkir, Standard)
References