From Proto-Turkic *torgay (“small bird; lark”). Compare Ottoman Turkish طویغار (toyğar, “skylark”), Turkish toygar (“skylark”), Azerbaijani torağay, Turkmen togaÿ (“skylark”), Uyghur تورغاي (torghay, “skylark”), Uyghur بوز تورغاي (boz torghay, “skylark”), Kazakh торғай (torğai, “sparrow”), Kazakh бозторғай (boztorğai), Nogai боз торгай (boz torgay), Southern Altai бос торкой (bos torkoy), Tatar тургай (turgay, “lark”), Kumyk торгъай (torğay), Bashkir турғай (turğay), Kalmyk торһа (torğa), etc.
torğay
singular | plural | |
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nominative | torğay | torğaylar |
genitive | torğaynıñ | torğaylarnıñ |
dative | torğayğa | torğaylarğa |
accusative | torğaynı | torğaylarnı |
locative | torğayda | torğaylarda |
ablative | torğaydan | torğaylardan |