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kaya

Meaning

  1. huge rock; large rock mass
  2. rock cliff, rock precipice, palisade

Synonyms

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
[kaˈja]
Etymology

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish قیا (kaya), قایا (kaya, “rock”), from Proto-Turkic *kaya (“rock, mountain”). Cognates Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (kaya, “rock”), Azerbaijani qaya (“rock”), Bashkir ҡая (qaya, “rock, cliff”), Khakas хая (xaya, “rock”), Turkmen gaýa (“rock, cliff”), Tuvan хая (xaya, “rock”), Uzbek qoya (“rock, cliff”), Yakut хайа (qaya, “mountain”).

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