токой

Kyrgyz

Etymology

From *toqay (forest; brushwood) - apparently a regional Central Asian term.

Cognate with Bashkir туғай (tuğay, forest; bushes), Kazakh тоғай (toğai, forest; bushes on flooded riverbanks), Uyghur توقاي (toqay, wildwood, forest), Uzbek toqoj (brushwood, bulrush), Turkmen tokaý (forest), etc.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /toˈqoj/

Noun

токой (tokoy)

  1. forest

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • токойчу (tokoyçu, forest ranger)
    • токойчулук (tokoyçuluk, forestry)
  • токойлуу (tokoyluu, woody, foresty)

Southern Altai

Etymology

Compare to Bashkir туғай (tuğay, forest, river meadow).

Noun

токой (tokoy)

  1. shore of river, peninsula

References

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

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