torğay

See also: Torgay

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *torgay (“small bird; lark”). Compare Ottoman Turkish طویغار (toyğar, “skylark”), Turkish toygar (“skylark”), Azerbaijani torağay, Turkmen togaÿ (“skylark”), Uyghur تورغاي (torghay, “skylark”), Uyghur بوز تورغاي (boz torghay, “skylark”), Kazakh торғай (torğai, “sparrow”), Kazakh бозторғай (boztorğai), Nogai боз торгай (boz torgay), Southern Altai бос торкой (bos torkoy), Tatar тургай (turgay, “lark”), Kumyk торгъай (torğay), Bashkir турғай (turğay), Kalmyk торһа (torğa), etc.

Noun

torğay

1. sparrow

Declension

Declension of torğay

	singular	plural
nominative	torğay	torğaylar
genitive	torğaynıñ	torğaylarnıñ
dative	torğayğa	torğaylarğa
accusative	torğaynı	torğaylarnı
locative	torğayda	torğaylarda
ablative	torğaydan	torğaylardan

References

• “torğay”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)