бай

See also: баи

Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bāy (“rich, noble; many, numerous”). Cognate with Turkish bay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɑj]
• Hyphenation: бай (one syllable)

Adjective

бай • (bay)

1. rich, wealthy

   “Форбс” журналы Рәсәйҙәге иң бай кешеләрҙең исемдәрен асыҡланы.

   “Forbs” jurnalı Rəsəyźəge iñ bay keşelərźeñ isemdəren asıqlanı.

   The Forbes magazine published the names of Russia's richest people.

Antonyms

• ярлы (yarlı)

Noun

бай • (bay)

1. rich man
2. component forming given male names

Derived terms

• байлыҡ (baylıq, “richness; value”)
• Йомабай (Yomabay)

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	باي
İske imlâ	بای
Cyrillic	бай
Latin	bai
Yañalif	ʙai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bāj (“rich, noble; many, numerous”). Cognate with Turkish bay, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɑ̝j]
• Hyphenation: бай

Adjective

бай • (bai)

1. rich, wealthy (component of many male proper names)

Kumyk

Adjective

бай • (bay)

1. rich, wealthy

   Antonym: пакъыр (paqır)

   • 1912, Batırmurza, Nuhay, Давут булан Лайла [Dawut and Leyla]‎^[1]:

     Н. деген шагьарда Абдурагьман деген бир гиши бар эди. Оьзю олай бай болмаса да, яхшы илму билеген, гёзю ачылгъан гиши эди.

     N. degen şaharda Abdurahman degen bir gişi bar edi. Özü olay bay bolmasa da, yaxşı ilmu bilegen, gözü açılğan gişi edi.

     In a city called N, there was a man called Aburahman. Although he wasn't that rich himself, he was a well educated and enlighted man.

Kyrgyz

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bāy.

Adjective

бай • (bay) (comparative байраак, superlative эң бай, Arabic spelling باي)

1. rich

Nogai

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bāy.

Adjective

бай • (bay)

1. rich

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baj]

Etymology 1

From a Turkic source. Cf Turkish bay, Azerbaijani bay, Kazakh бай (bai), Kyrgyz бай (bay), Tatar бай (bay), Bashkir бай (bay), Turkmen baý.

Noun

бай • (baj) m anim (genitive ба́я, nominative plural ба́и, genitive plural ба́ев)

1. (historical, Central Asia) bay or bai, a rich man, lord, (by extension) exploiter

Declension

Declension of бай (anim masc-form vowel-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ба́й báj	ба́и bái
genitive	ба́я bája	ба́ев bájev
dative	ба́ю báju	ба́ям bájam
accusative	ба́я bája	ба́ев bájev
instrumental	ба́ем bájem	ба́ями bájami
prepositional	ба́е báje	ба́ях bájax

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bye.

Interjection

бай • (baj)

1. (colloquial) bye

   Synonym: (more common) пока́ (poká)

Etymology 3

Verb

бай • (baj)

1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of ба́ять (bájatʹ)

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bāy (“rich, noble; many, numerous”). Cognate with Turkish bay.

Adjective

бай • (bay)

1. rich

References

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “бай”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

Tabasaran

Noun

бай • (baj)

1. son
2. boy

Tuvan

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bāj (“rich, noble; many, numerous”). Cognate with Turkish bay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paj/

Adjective

бай • (bay)

1. rich, wealthy
2. abundant, plentiful

   Synonym: байлак (baylak)

Derived terms

• байыыр (bayıır)

Yakut

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bāy (“rich, noble; many, numerous”). Cognate with Turkish bay and Bashkir бай (bay) (listed above). See also Bashkir байыу (bayıw) for more cognates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baj/

Verb

бай • (bay)

1. (intransitive) to be rich, become rich, get rich, grow rich

Related terms

• баай (baay, “wealth, property”)