бай

From Proto-Turkic *bāy (“rich, noble; many, numerous”). Cognate with Turkish bay.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɑj]
• Hyphenation: бай (one syllable)

бай • (bay)

1. rich, wealthy

   “Форбс” журналы Рәсәйҙәге иң бай кешеләрҙең исемдәрен асыҡланы.

   “Forbs” jurnalı Rəsəyźəge iñ bay keşelərźeñ isemdəren asıqlanı.

   The Forbes magazine published the names of Russia's richest people.

• ярлы (yarlı)

бай • (bay)

1. rich man
2. component forming given male names

• байлыҡ (baylıq, “richness; value”)
• Йомабай (Yomabay)

Clipping of ба́йо (bájo) and/or an alteration of ба́е (báe), both diminutive forms of ба́те (báte); also related to ба́тко (bátko).

Despite the similarity in meaning, not related to Turkish bay (“Mr.”), which is from Ottoman Turkish بای (bay, “noble, rich”).

• IPA^(key): [baj]

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• Rhymes: -aj

бай • (baj) m (indeclinable)

1. (colloquial, humorous) hypocoristic title prepended to the name of a familiar male, usually to the given name or a nickname

   Бай Ива́н ― Baj Iván

   Бай Ми́ле ― Baj Míle

• Бай Га́ньо (Baj Gánjo)
• Бай То́шо (Baj Tóšo)

• “бай”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “бай”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бай”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 26
• “бай”, in ЛексИт [LexIt] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “бай”, in БЕРОН (Български езикови ресурси онлайн) [BERON (Bulgarian Language Resources Online)] (in Bulgarian), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2024

• IPA^(key): /bɑj/, [b̥ɑ̝j]
• Hyphenation: бай

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bāy (“rich, noble; many, numerous”). Cognate with Turkish bay, etc.

бай • (bai)

1. rich, wealthy

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бай • (bai)

1. (colloquial) husband

бай • (bay)

1. rich, wealthy

   Antonym: пакъыр (paqır)

   • 1912, Batırmurza, Nuhay, Давут булан Лайла [Dawut and Leyla]‎^[1]:

     Н. деген шагьарда Абдурагьман деген бир гиши бар эди. Оьзю олай бай болмаса да, яхшы илму билеген, гёзю ачылгъан гиши эди.

     N. degen şaharda Abdurahman degen bir gişi bar edi. Özü olay bay bolmasa da, yaxşı ilmu bilegen, gözü açılğan gişi edi.

     In a city called N, there was a man called Aburahman. Although he wasn't that rich himself, he was a well educated and enlighted man.

From Proto-Turkic *bāy.

• IPA^(key): /bɑj/

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бай • (bay) (comparative байыраак, superlative эң бай, Arabic spelling باي)

1. rich

• • IPA^(key): /ˈpɛː/
  • Syllabification: бай (1 syllable)

бай • (baj)

1. imperative of байх (bajx, “to be”)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bāy.^[1][2]

бай • (bay)

1. rich

• IPA^(key): [baj]

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From a Turkic source. Cf Turkish bay, Azerbaijani bay, Kazakh бай (bai), Kyrgyz бай (bay), Tatar бай (bay), Bashkir бай (bay), Turkmen baý.

бай • (baj) m anim (genitive ба́я, nominative plural ба́и, genitive plural ба́ев)

1. (historical, Central Asia) bay or bai, a rich man, lord, (by extension) exploiter

Borrowed from English bye.

бай • (baj)

1. (colloquial) bye

   Synonym: (more common) пока́ (poká)

бай • (baj)

1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of ба́ять (bájatʹ)

From Proto-Turkic *bāy (“rich, noble; many, numerous”). Cognate with Turkish bay.

бай • (bay)

1. rich

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “бай”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

бай • (baj)

1. son
2. boy

From Proto-Turkic *bāj (“rich, noble; many, numerous”). Cognate with Turkish bay.

• IPA^(key): /baj/, [p̬ɐɪ̯]
• Hyphenation: бай

бай • (bay)

1. rich, wealthy
2. abundant, plentiful

   Synonym: байлак (baylak)

• байыыр (bayıır)

From Proto-Turkic *bāy (“rich, noble; many, numerous”). Cognate with Turkish bay and Bashkir бай (bay) (listed above). See also Bashkir байыу (bayıw) for more cognates.

• IPA^(key): /baj/
• Hyphenation: бай

бай • (bay)

1. (intransitive) to be rich, become rich, get rich, grow rich

• баай (baay, “wealth, property”)