ай

• IPA^(key):

ай • (aj)

1. (Kfar Kama Shapsug dialect) yes

• (yes): нытӏэ (nətʼɛ) (Kabardian)

Bashkir Wikipedia has an article on:

ай

Wikipedia ^ba

From Proto-Turkic *āy (“moon, month”).

Cognate with Azerbaijani ay, Turkish, Crimean Tatar ay, Tatar, Kazakh, Kyrgyz ай (ay), Southern Altai ай (ay), Uzbek oy, etc.

• IPA^(key):

• Ай:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ай (one syllable)

ай • (ay)

1. moon

   Сәскәләргә ҡунған ысыҡ ай яҡтыһына ялтырай.

   Səskələrgə qunğan ısıq ay yaqtıhına yaltıray.

   The dew that fell on flowers glistens in the moonlight.

2. month

   Егеттәр, һаҡланығыҙ наҙан дуҫтан ― наҙан дуҫ бер айҙаң һуң булыр дошман. (Aqmulla)

   Yegettər, haqlanığıź naźan duśtan ― naźan duś ber ayźañ huñ bulır doşman.

   Guys, beware of an ignorant friend ― in a month's time, an ignorant friend will become an enemy.

   Айҙар буйы бер тамсы ла ямғыр яуманы.

   Ayźar buyı ber tamsı la yamğır yawmanı.

   For months, not a single raindrop fell.

   Ҡыҙыбыҙ ҡаланан айына бер ҡайтып тора.

   Qıźıbıź qalanan ayına ber qaytıp tora.

   Our daughter comes home from the city once a month.

   Хәйер, Уралда мартты ла тулыһынса ҡыш айы тип әйтергә мөмкин әле.

   Xəyer, Uralda marttı la tulıhınsa qış ayı tip əytergə mömkin əle.

   However, March in the Urals can as well be called a winter month without reservation.

• (male given names) Айнур (Aynur), Айтуған (Aytuğan)
• (female given names) Айгөл (Aygöl), Айһылыу (Ayhılıw)

Onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key):

ай • (aj)

1. oh, ah; expression of wonder, surprise, fear, etc., positive and negative emotions included

   Synonyms: ах (ah), ох (oh), (colloquial) въй (vǎj)

• May often be duplicated or triplicated or used many times.

• “ай”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “ай”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• “ай”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 21

From Proto-Turkic *āy. Cognates include Khakas ай (ay).

ай • (ay)

1. month

• A. F. Kondiyakov, V. M. Lemskaya (2021) “месяц”, in Чулымский язык д. Пасечное Тюхтетского района Красноярского края 2007-2011 гг. [The Chulym language of the village of Pasechnoye, Tyukhtetsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, 2007-2011], Tomsk: Издательство Томского университета, →ISBN, page 85

ай (aj)

1. good

• Cincius, V. I., Rišes, L. D. (1952) Русско-эвенский словарь [Russian–Even Dictionary], Moscow

From Proto-Turkic *āy.

ай • (ay)

1. moon

   Synonym: къамар

2. month

• N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “ай”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Kazakh Wikipedia has an article on:

ай

Wikipedia ^kk

From Proto-Turkic *āy (“moon, month”). Cognate with Azerbaijani ay, Turkish, Crimean Tatar ay, Tatar, Bashkir, Kyrgyz ай (ay), Southern Altai ай (ay), Uzbek oy, etc.

ай • (ai)

1. moon
2. month

• айлық (ailyq)

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔapVj.

ай (āj) n (plural аеӈ)

1. bellows

• Verner, Genrikh K. (2002) Словарь кетско-русский и русско-кетский: Учебное пособие для учащихся начальной школы [Ket-Russian and Russian-Ket Dictionary: A Textbook for Elementary School Students]‎, 2 edition, Saint-Petersburg: Drofa, →ISBN

From Proto-Permic *aj, from Proto-Finno-Permic *äjjä. Cognates include Finnish äijä and Northern Sami áddjá.

Permic cognates include Udmurt айы (ajy) and Komi-Permyak ай (aj).

• IPA^(key): /ˈaj/,
• Hyphenation: ай

ай • (aj)

1. male animal
2. father, dad

• (male animal): кыр (kyr)
• (father, dad): бать (bať)

• (father, dad): мам (mam), энь (eń) (archaic)

• L. M. Beznosikova, E. A. Ajbabina, R. I. Kosnyreva (2000) Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], →ISBN, page 22

Kyrgyz Wikipedia has an article on:

ай

Wikipedia ^ky

From Proto-Turkic *āy (“moon, month”). Cognate with Azerbaijani ay, Turkish, Crimean Tatar ay, Tatar, Bashkir, Kazakh ай (ai), Southern Altai ай (ay), Uzbek oy, Uyghur ئاي (ay), etc.

ай • (ay) (Arabic spelling اي)

1. moon
2. month

From Proto-Turkic *āy.

ай • (ay)

1. moon
2. month

• N. A. Baskakov, S.A Kalmykov, editor (1963), “ай”, in Nogajsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Nogai-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: karačajevo-čerkesskij naučno- issledovatelʹskij institut jazyka, literatury i istorii, →ISBN

• IPA^(key):

• Audio; “ай-ай-ай” (“aj-aj-aj”):

  (file)

ай • (aj)

1. ouch! (it hurts!)

   Synonyms: ай-а́й (aj-áj), ой (oj), ой-ой (oj-oj)

ай • (aj)

1. (dated) maybe, or

   Synonyms: и́ли (íli), (dated) а́ли (áli)

   • 1863, Л. Н. Толстой, Казаки:

     Марьяна опять засмеялась своим светлым, счастливым смехом. ― Ай боишься меня? ― сказала она.

     Marʹjana opjatʹ zasmejalasʹ svoim svetlym, sčastlivym smexom. ― Aj boišʹsja menja? ― skazala ona.

     Maryana again laughed with her bright, happy laughter. “Maybe you're scared of me?”, she said.

• а́й да (áj da)

ай • (aj) n inan (indeclinable)

1. (English letter) I, i

From Proto-Turkic *āy (“moon, month”).

ай • (ay)

1. moon

From Proto-Turkic *āy (“moon, month”). Compare Bashkir ай (ay, “moon”).

ай • (ay)

1. moon
2. month

From Proto-Turkic *āy (“moon, month”). Compare Turkish ay (“moon”).

• IPA^(key): /ɐj/

ай • (ay) (definite accusative айны, plural айлар)

1. moon
2. month

Unknown.

ай • (ay)

1. (transitive) to create

• айыы (ayıı, “creation, production”)
• айымньы (ayımnyı, “creation”)