әбей

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Bashkir

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Etymology

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A front vowel parallel to Proto-Turkic *apa (mother, elder sister, aunt). Front row variant äbey is recent and may have a Mongolian origin. For more see апай (apay).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [æˈβɪj], (NW) [æˈbiʲ]
  • Hyphenation: ә‧бей

Noun

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әбей (əbey)

  1. old woman
    Бер ауылда ярлы ғына әбей йәшәгән, аның Йәнтимер исемле 12 йәшле улы булған ти.
    Ber awılda yarlı ğına əbey yəşəgən, anıñ Yəntimer isemle 12 yəşle ulı bulğan ti.
    A rather poor old woman lived in a village; she had a 12-year-old son called Yäntimer.
    (From a fairy-tale)
  2. (family term) the elder sister of the speaker's father or mother
  3. (Eastern Bashkir, North-Western Bashkir) an address to a woman older than the speaker's mother

Declension

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See also

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  • инәй (inəy, address to a woman older than the speaker's mother) (Southern Bashkir, Standard)

References

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