байрам

Avar

Etymology

From Turkic, compare Azerbaijani bayram.

Noun

байрам (bajram)

  1. holiday

Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bayram (feast, festivity)[1]. At the Proto-Turkic level, is considered to have the same verbal root as in байраҡ (bayraq), бәйге (bäyge) (q.v.).

Alternatively, from Common Turkic *badram, ultimately from an Iranian. Compare Karakhanid بَذْرَمْ (baḏram), Sogdian [script needed] (ptrʾm /patrăm/, calm, peace), Persian پدرام (pedrâm, lucky, happy).

Alternatively, related to Proto-Mongolic *bayar (joy), whence also Mongolian баяр (bajar).

Cognate with Tatar бәйрәм (bäyräm), Kazakh мейрам (meiram), Kyrgyz майрам (mayram), Khakas пайрам (payram), Azerbaijani bayram, Turkish bayram, etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɑjˈrɑm]
  • Hyphenation: бай‧рам

Noun

байрам (bayram)

  1. holiday
    Милли байрам.
    Milli bayram.
    Ethnic holiday.
    Байрам булды ниһә, ауылда ҡатын-ҡыҙҙар сәйгә йөрөшөр ине.
    Bayram buldı nihä, awılda qatın-qıððar säygä yöröşör ine.
    Should there be a holiday, the women in rural communities would visit each other for tea.
  2. festivity, celebration, feast
    Байрам һуңында һаламдан, сепрәк-сапраҡтан эшләнгән ҡарасҡыны яндырып, ҡышты оҙаттылар.
    Bayram huŋında halamdan, sepräk-sapraqtan eşlängän qarasqını yandırıp, qıştı oðattılar.
    At the end of the festivity, they burned an effigy made of straw and rags to bid the winter farewell.
  3. party, reception (of guests)

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), *bAj-ra-m/k, bAj-ga”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Kumyk

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bAj-ra-m. Kazakh мейрам (meiram), Southern Altai байрам (bayram).

Noun

байрам (bayram)

  1. holiday
  2. festivity, celebration, feast

Declension

Further reading

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from a Turkic source. Compare Bashkir байрам (bayram), Tatar бәйрәм (bäyräm), Khakas пайрам (payram), Kazakh мейрам (meiram), Kyrgyz майрам (mayram), Azerbaijani bayram, Turkish bayram etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɐjˈram]

Noun

байра́м (bajrám) m inan (genitive байра́ма, nominative plural байра́мы, genitive plural байра́мов)

  1. (Islam) Eid, Bayram (a Muslim religious festival), abbreviation of курбан-байра́м (kurban-bajrám, Eid al-Adha)
    Synonyms: ид (id) (from Arabic or Tajik), эйд (ejd) (from Persian), айт (ajt) (from Kazakh)
  2. (by extension) any Islamic festival

Declension

Derived terms

  • курбан-байра́м (kurban-bajrám)

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bayram (feast, festivity).

Cognate with Tatar бәйрәм (bäyräm), Kazakh мейрам (meiram), Kyrgyz майрам (mayram), Khakas пайрам (payram), Azerbaijani bayram, Turkish bayram, etc.

Noun

байрам (bayram)

  1. holiday

References

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), байрам”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ, M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

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