найзағай

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	نايزاعاي
Cyrillic	найзағай
Latin	naizağai
Yañalif	naizaƣai

Alternative forms

• нажағай (najağai)

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Persian *𐎴𐎡𐏀𐎣 (*n-i-z-k /⁠naizaka-⁠/), borrowed from Old Median *náyzakam, from Proto-Iranian *náyjakam, derived from *náyjam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náyȷ́žʰam (“spear, sharp tip”).

Compare Middle Persian nyck' (nēzag), Persian نیزه (neyze, nêza), Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀- (naēza-), and Arabic نَيْزَك (nayzak). Doublet of найза (naiza).

Noun

найзағай • (naizağai)

1. lightning
2. thunderstorm

Synonyms

• жай (jai)
• жасыл (jasyl)
• күркіреу (kürkıreu)

Derived terms

• найзағайлы (naizağaily)