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әсәй

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Bashkir

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *ăča / *ĕče (mother; elder sister; older woman). The final -y is originally a vocative affix. Also see әсә (əsə, mother).

Compare to Kyrgyz ачай (acay, the way a child addresses his/her mother when raised by his/her grandmother).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [æˈsæj]
  • Hyphenation: ә‧сәй

Noun

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әсәй (əsəy)

  1. (Standard, southern) mother
    Бындай хәлде күреп, әсәйем өнһөҙ ҡалды.
    Bınday xəlde kürep, əsəyem önhöź qaldı.
    When seeing this situation, my mother became speechless.
    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.

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