ҡая

Bashkir
Ҡая.

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *k(i)aya (“cliff”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (qaya, “rock, cliff”)[1]; Uzbek qoya (“rock, cliff”), Turkmen gaýa (“rock, cliff”), Azerbaijani qaya (“rock”), Khakas хая (xaya, “rock”), Tuvan хая (xaya, “rock”), Yakut хайа (qaya, “mountain”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [qɑˈjɑ]
  • Hyphenation: ҡа‧я

Noun

ҡая • (qaya)

  1. rock, cliff, crag (mass of projecting rock)
    Ниһәйәт, текә яланғас бер ҡая юлымды ҡапланы, һәм туҡтарға мәжбүр булдым.
    Nihäyät, tekä yalanğas ber qaya yulımdı qaplanı, häm tuqtarğa mäjbür buldım.
    At last, a steep bald rock barred my way, and (I) had to stop.

Declension
Inflection of ҡая (qaya)
singular plural
absolute ҡая (qaya) ҡаялар (qayalar)
definite genitive ҡаяның (qayanıŋ) ҡаяларҙың (qayalarðıŋ)
dative ҡаяға (qayağa) ҡаяларға (qayalarğa)
definite accusative ҡаяны (qayanı) ҡаяларҙы (qayalarðı)
locative ҡаяла (qayala) ҡаяларҙа (qayalarða)
ablative ҡаянан (qayanan) ҡаяларҙан (qayalarðan)

References
  1. Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969) Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 406
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