hây

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic		های

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *āy.

Pronunciation

• (Talxâbî) IPA^(key): [hɒːɒ̯j]
• (Xarrâbî) IPA^(key): [hɑː(ɑ̯)j]

Noun

hây (definite accusative hâyı, plural hâylar)

1. moon
2. month

Declension

Declension of hây

	singular	plural
nominative	hây	hâylar
genitive	hâyııñ	hâylarııñ
dative	hâyqa	hâylarqa
definite accusative	hâyı	hâyları
locative	hâyça	hâylarça
ablative	hâyda	hâylarda
instrumental	hâyla	hâylarla
equative	hâyvâra	hâylarvâra

Derived terms

• hây ışıqı (“moonshine”)

References

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
• Doerfer, Gerhard (1988) Grammatik des Chaladsch [Grammar of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, →OCLC
• Doerfer, Gerhard (1971) Khalaj Materials, Indiana University, →ISBN