үгәй

Bashkir

Etymology

From *ögäy "step-", probably derived from Proto-Turkic *ög (“mother”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur ögäj (“step-”); Tatar үги (ügi, “step-”), Kazakh өгей (ögei, “step-”), Kyrgyz өгөй (ögöy, “step-”), Southern Altai ӧй (öy, “step-”), Crimean Tatar ögey (“step-”), Uzbek oʻgay (“step-”), Uyghur ئوگەي (ogey, “step-”), Turkish üvey (“step-”), Khakas ӧӧй (“step-”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʏˈɡæj]
• Hyphenation: ү‧гәй

Adjective

үгәй • (ügəy)

1. (family) step-; used before атай (atay, “father”), әсәй (əsəy, “mother”) / инәй (inəy, “mother”), бала (bala, “child”), etc., to indicate that the person being identified is not a blood relative but is related through the marriage of a parent or through adoption

   Әсәһе үлгәс, атаһы өйгә үгәй әсә алып ҡайтҡан.

   Əsəhe ülgəs, atahı öygə ügəy əsə alıp qaytqan.

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