# бай
## Bashkir
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbɑj]
* Hyphenation: бай (one syllable)

### Adjective

бай • (bay)
* 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.

#### Antonyms

* ярлы (yarlı)

### Noun

бай • (bay)
* rich man
* component forming given male names

#### Derived terms

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

## Kazakh

Alternative scripts :
| Arabic | باي |
| İske imlâ | بای |
| Cyrillic | бай |
| Latin | bai |
| Yañalif | ʙai |

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɑ̝j]
* Hyphenation: бай

### Adjective

бай • (bai)
* rich, wealthy (component of many male proper names)

## Kumyk
### Adjective

бай • (bay)
* rich, wealthy
    Antonym: пакъыр (paqır)
** 1912, Batırmurza, Nuhay, Давут булан Лайла [Dawut and Leyla]‎: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.

## Kyrgyz
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bāy.

### Adjective

бай • (bay) (comparative байраак, superlative эң бай, Arabic spelling باي)
* rich

## Nogai
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bāy.

### Adjective

бай • (bay)
* rich

### References

* ↑ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ba:y”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 384
* ↑ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bāj”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [baj]

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

бай • (baj) m anim (genitive ба́я, nominative plural ба́и, genitive plural ба́ев)
* (historical, Central Asia) bay or bai, a rich man, lord, (by extension) exploiter

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bye.

#### Interjection

бай • (baj)
* (colloquial) bye
    Synonym: (more common) пока́ (poká)

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

бай • (baj)
* second-person singular imperative imperfective of ба́ять (bájatʹ)

## Southern Altai
### Etymology

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

### Adjective

бай • (bay)
* rich

### References

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

## Tabasaran
### Noun

бай • (baj)
* son
* boy

## Tuvan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paj/

### Adjective

бай • (bay)
* rich, wealthy
* abundant, plentiful
    Synonym: байлак (baylak)

#### Derived terms

* байыыр (bayıır)

## Yakut
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baj/

### Verb

бай • (bay)
* (intransitive) to be rich, become rich, get rich, grow rich

#### Related terms

* баай (baay, “wealth, property”)