ҡырағай

Bashkir

Etymology

Possibly, from Proto-Turkic *kɨr (“uncultivated land”).

Compare with Tatar кыргый (qırgıy, “wild, savage”), Kazakh қырағы (qırağı, “watchful; sagatious”), Kyrgyz кыраакы (kıraakı, “watchful; sagatious, forward-looking”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [qɯ̞.rɑ.ˈʁɑj]
  • Hyphenation: ҡы‧ра‧ғай

Adjective

ҡырағай • (qïrağay)

  1. (of animals, plants) wild, not domesticated, not tame
  2. primitive, uncivilized
  3. savage
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