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English
Noun
pey
- Alternative form of pe (“Semitic letter”)
Anagrams
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
Compare Persian پی (pey, “behind, back”).
Adverb
pey
- after, behind
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “pey”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 444
Scots
Pronunciation
Noun
pey (plural peys)
- (Southern Scots) a pea (in Roxburghshire)
- (Southern Scots) pay (in Selkirkshire)
Usage notes
Often spelt pei (especially for the first definition).
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish پی (pey, “deposit, bid”), from Persian پی (pey).
Noun
pey (definite accusative peyi, plural peyler)
- deposit
Declension
References
- “pey”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu