# ayaq
## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *adak (“foot”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɑˈjɑχ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ayaq (definite accusative ayağı, plural ayaqlar)
* foot
** (anatomy) foot (in humans or animals)
** a unit of measure equal to ½ arshin
* leg
** (anatomy) leg (in humans or animals)
    Synonym: qıç
** part of garment (e.g. of trousers)
** protrusion from an inanimate object (e.g. of a table or a chair)
* pace (speed or velocity)
* end
    Synonyms: son, axır
* (Agdam, Shusha, Zangilan) time, occurrence
    Synonyms: dəfə, kərə, dönüm
* (figurative) luck, fortune

#### Derived terms

* ayaqqabı (“footwear”)
* ayaqlaşmaq (“to keep up with”)
* ayaqyalın (“barefoot”)
* ayaqyolu (“toilet”)
* ayaq basmaq (“set foot”)
* ayağına yazmaq (“to ascribe, to attribute”)

### References

* ↑ Axundov A. A., Kazımov Q. Ş., Behbudov S. M., editors (2007), “əyax”, in Azərbaycan dilinin dialektoloji lüğəti [Dialectological Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language] (in Azerbaijani), Baku: Şərq-Qərb, →ISBN, page 179

### Further reading

* “ayaq” in Obastan.com.

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *adak (“foot”).

### Noun

ayaq
* foot, leg
    ayaqqa turmaq ― to rise, to rebel

#### Declension
### References

* “ayaq”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## Kedah Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *wair, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ajaʕ/

### Noun

ayaq
* water (clear liquid H₂O)
* water (mineral water)
* water (one of the four elements in alchemy)
* water (one of the five basic elements in some other theories)

## Musi
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *ayak (“sieve”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ayak (“sift, separate by sifting”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aːjaːʔ/
* Rhymes: -aq, -q
* Hyphenation: a‧yaq

### Verb

ayaq
* sieve

## Salar
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *adak. Cognate to Azerbaijani ayaq, Gagauz and Turkish ayak, Turkmen aýak, Western Yugur azaq. Doublet of Salar adaq (“embouchure”) which is a borrowing from Mongolic.

### Pronunciation

* (Mengda, Chahandusi, Qingshui, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA: [ɑjɑχ]
* (Hanbahe, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA: [ɑjɑx]
* (Mengda, Ejia, Daowei, Qingshui, Hanbahe, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA: [ɑjeχ]
* (Chahandusi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA: [ɑjex]

### Noun

ayaq (3rd person possessive ayağı, plural ayaqlar)
* foot

### References

* ↑ Poppe, Nicholas (1953). Remarks on The Salar Language. Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 16(3/4), 438–477.
* Potanin, G.N. (1893) “аягым”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian), page 434
* Kakuk, S. (1962). “Un Vocabulaire Salar.” Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 14, no. 2: 173–96.
* Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “ajaχ, ajağy”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 284
* 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “ɑjɑχ”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎, Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 4
* Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “ajax, ajağı”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 38
* Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “ayax”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 27
* 马伟 [Ma Wei], 朝克 [Chao Ke] (2014) “ayax”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本 [Salar 366 Conversation Reader]‎, 1st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 [Social Science Literature Press], →ISBN, page 108

## Tatar
### Noun

ayaq
* Latin spelling of аяк (ayak, “foot”)