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Etymology
From earlier *qaya, from Proto-Turkic *k(i)aya. Cognate with Yakut хайа (qaya), Turkish kaya (“rock”).
Noun
кайа • (kaya)
- (geography) mountain
Southern Altai
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *k(i)aya (“cliff”).
Cognate with Old Turkic (kaya, “rock”); Old Uyghur (kaya); Bashkir ҡая (qaya, “rock, cliff”), Crimean Tatar qaya (“rock, cliff”), Kumyk къая (qaya), Azerbaijani qaya (“rock”),Turkish kaya, Turkmen gaýa (“rock, cliff”),Uzbek qoya (“rock, cliff”), Khakas хая (xaya, “rock”), Shor қайа, Tuvan хая (xaya, “rock”), Yakut хайа (qaya, “mountain”), etc.
Noun
кайа • (kaya)
- rock, cliff
References
N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “кайа”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN