ayı
Meaning
- bear
- (colloquial) a rude primitive person
Frequency
Hyphenated as
a‧yı
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ɑˈjɯ]
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish آیی (ayı, “bear”), from earlier *ayïɣ < *aδïɣ, from Proto-Turkic *adïg (“bear”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰑𐰍 (d¹ǧ /adïɣ/, “bear”), Karakhanid اَذِغْ (aδïɣ, “bear”).
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