алақай

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic الاقاي
Cyrillic алақай
Latin alaqai

Etymology

From Arabic الله حي (allāh ḥayy, “Allah is alive”), related to Uzbek alloh hayy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑlɑˈqɑj/, [ɑ̝ɫɑ̝qʰɑ̝́j], [ɑ̝ɫɑ̝χɑ̝́j]

Adverb

алақай • (alaqai)

  1. hooray

Usage notes

  • Used more often in children's speech and sounds rather childish.
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