далай

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Buryat

Noun

далай (dalaj)

  1. ocean

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *dalai (sea, ocean), compare Kalmyk дала (dala).

Somehow akin to Proto-Turkic *tāluy (ocean). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Noun

далай (dalaj) (Mongolian spelling ᠳᠠᠯᠠᠢ (dalai))

  1. ocean, sea
  2. brine, deep
  3. dereliction
  4. outing
  5. surge

Derived terms

Descendants

Adjective

далай (dalaj) (Mongolian spelling ᠳᠠᠯᠠᠢ (dalai))

  1. blue
  2. naval

Tuvan

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *dalaj (sea, ocean). Cognate with Mongolian далай (dalaj, ocean).

Pronunciation

Noun

далай (dalay) (definite accusative далайны, plural далайлар)

  1. sea, ocean

Declension

Declension of далай
Nominative далай
dalay
Accusative далайны
dalaynı
Singular Plural
Nominative далай
dalay
далайлар
dalaylar
Genitive далайның
dalaynıñ
далайларның
dalaylarnıñ
Accusative далайны
dalaynı
далайларны
dalaylarnı
Dative далайга
dalayga
далайларга
dalaylarga
Locative далайда
dalayda
далайларда
dalaylarda
Ablative далайдан
dalaydan
далайлардан
dalaylardan
Prolative I далайже
dalayje
далайларже
dalaylarje
Prolative II далайдыва
dalaydıva
далайлардыва
dalaylardıva
First person singular possessive forms of далай
Nominative далайым
dalayım
Accusative далайымны
dalayımnı
Singular Plural
Nominative далайым
dalayım
далайларым
dalaylarım
Genitive далайымның
dalayımnıñ
далайларымның
dalaylarımnıñ
Accusative далайымны
dalayımnı
далайларымны
dalaylarımnı
Dative далайымга
dalayımga
далайларымга
dalaylarımga
Locative далайымда
dalayımda
далайларымда
dalaylarımda
Ablative далайымдан
dalayımdan
далайларымдан
dalaylarımdan
Prolative I далайымже
dalayımje
далайларымже
dalaylarımje
Prolative II далайымдыва
dalayımdıva
далайларымдыва
dalaylarımdıva

Yakut

Etymology 1

Yakut Wikipedia has an article on:
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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

The Mongolian and Tuvan entries above refer to two different (and probably overlapping) sources.

Noun

далай (dalay)

  1. (geography) sea, ocean

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

далай (dalay)

  1. (intransitive) to gesticulate wildly