инәй

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See also: иней and инеи

Bashkir

Etymology

from Proto-Turkic *eńe (mother), a front vowel parallel to *ana (mother).

Cognate with Tatar әни (äni, mother), Siberian Tatar инә (mother), Kyrgyz эне (ene, mother), Southern Altai эне (ene, mother), Kazakh ене (ene, mother-in-law), Yakut ийе (iye, mother); Khakas иней (iney, old woman), etc.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: и‧нәй

Noun

инәй (inəy)

  1. (Eastern Bashkir, North-Western Bashkir) mother
  2. (Standard, Southern Bashkir) an address to a woman older than the speaker's mother

Declension

See also

  • әсәй (əsəy, mother) (Standard, Southern Bashkir)
  • әбей (əbey, address to a woman older than the speaker's mother) (Eastern Bashkir, North-Western Bashkir)