әсә

From Proto-Turkic *ăča / *ĕče "mother; elder sister; older woman".

Compare with Kyrgyz эже (eje, “elder sister; a way to address an older woman”), Southern Altai эје (eǰe, “elder sister; a way to address an older woman”), Uzbek ocha (“grandmother”), Uyghur ئاچا (acha, “elder sister; a way to address an older woman”), etc.

әсә • (transliteration needed)

1. (formal) mother

   Әсә күңеле — балала, бала күңеле — далала.

   The mother's soul is in (her) child, the child's soul is in the steppe.

   Әсәм теле миңә — сәсән теле. (Rami Garipov)

   My mother's tongue to me is bard's language.

   Әсәһе үлгәс, атаһы өйгә үгәй әсә алып ҡайтҡан.

   When her mother died, her father brought home a stepmother.

• ата-әсә (“parent(s)”)

• әсәй (“mother”)