ay

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A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɑj/
Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آی (ay, “moon, month, crescent, a beautiful face”), from Proto-Turkic *āy (“moon, month”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰖 (y¹ /⁠ay⁠/, “moon, month”), Karakhanid ااىْ (āy, “moon, month”), Old Uyghur [script needed] (ay, “moon, month”), Azerbaijani ay (“moon”), Bashkir ай (ay, “moon”), Chuvash уйӑх (ujăh, “moon”), Kazakh ай (ai, “moon”), Khakas ай (ay, “moon”), Kyrgyz ай (ay, “moon”), Southern Altai ай (ay, “moon”), Tatar ай (ay, “moon”), Turkmen āý (“moon”), Tuvan ай (ay, “moon”), Uyghur ئاي (ay, “moon”), Uzbek oy (“moon”), Yakut ый (ıy, “moon”).

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