ҡайғы

From *qadğu "sorrow, grief; concern".

Immediately cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (qadğu); Old Turkic [script needed] (qaðğu); Old Uyghur [script needed] (qajğu, “sorrow, grief”); Kazakh қайғы (qayğı), Kyrgyz кайгы (kaygı); Uzbek qaygʻu, Uyghur قايغۇ‎ (qayghu, “sorrow, grief”), Turkish kaygı (“worry, concern, anxiety”), etc.

No consensus exists on further etymology. Possibly related to Proto-Turkic *kaj- (“turn; pay attention”), as attested in Middle Turkic qaj- "~to pay attention; be compassionate", Yakut хайыс- (xayıs-, “to turn”), Khakas хайарға (xayarğa, “to pay attention”), Turkish kayırmak (“to protect, favor”).

• IPA^(key): [qɑjˈʁɯ̞]
• Hyphenation: ҡай‧ғы

ҡайғы • (qayğï)

1. (feeling) grief, sorrow, distress
2. (situation or event) cause of such distress; misfortune, trouble, disaster
3. (the need to do something troublesome) worry, concern, trouble, bother, anxiety

• хәсрәт (xäsrät)