мақай
Kazakh
[edit]| Alternative scripts | |
|---|---|
| Arabic | ماقاي |
| Cyrillic | мақай |
| Latin | maqai |
Etymology
[edit]Unknown (but recorded in dictionaries). Possibly from Proto-Iranian *makayah (“apian”), via Persian [script needed] (*makay). Compare with Proto-Slavic *mečьka (“she-bear, little bear”) from Proto-Indo-European *meke- (“bee”). Related and more popular form мақат (maqat, “male bear”) seems reflects substantive adjective: *makatah (“apian”), via Persian [script needed] (*makat).
Noun
[edit]мақай • (maqai)