# май
## Abaza
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maj/

### Noun

май • (maj)
* May

#### Related terms

* (month): Previous: апрель (aprelᶻ). Next: пхынхъа (pxənqa)

## Bashkir
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bań (“fat”).
Cognate with Tatar май (may), Kazakh май (mai), Kyrgyz май (may), Uyghur ماي (may, “oil, butter, fat, grease”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɑj/
* Hyphenation: май (one syllable)

### Noun

май • (may)
* butter
* oil, liquid fat
    Симешкә майы.Simeşkə mayı.Sunflower seed oil.
    Балыҡ майы.Balıq mayı.fish oil.
* fat
* petroleum-based fluid, oil
* grease

#### Derived terms

* май шәм (may şəm, “candle”)

### References

* ↑ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bań”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

## Belarusian
### Alternative forms

* maj — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [maj]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

май • (maj) m inan (genitive ма́я, nominative plural ма́і, genitive plural ма́яў, relational adjective ма́йскі)
* May
    Synonym: тра́вень (trávjenʹ)
    у/ў ма́і ― u/ŭ mái ― in May

#### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

#### See also

* сту́дзень (stúdzjenʹ)
* лю́ты (ljúty)
* сакаві́к (sakavík)
* красаві́к (krasavík)
* тра́вень (trávjenʹ), май (maj)
* чэ́рвень (čérvjenʹ)
* лі́пень (lípjenʹ)
* жні́вень (žnívjenʹ)
* ве́расень (vjérasjenʹ)
* кастры́чнік (kastrýčnik)
* лістапа́д (listapád)
* сне́жань (snjéžanʹ)

### References

* “май” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

## Bulgarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [maj]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

май • (maj) m (indeclinable, relational adjective ма́йски)
* May
    Май е пе́тият ме́сец от годи́натаMaj e pétijat mésec ot godínataMay is the fifth month of the year

##### See also

* януа́ри (januári)
* февруа́ри (fevruári)
* март (mart)
* апри́л (apríl)
* май (maj)
* ю́ни (júni)
* ю́ли (júli)
* а́вгуст (ávgust)
* септе́мври (septémvri)
* окто́мври (októmvri)
* ное́мври (noémvri)
* деке́мври (dekémvri)

### Etymology 2
#### Particle

май • (maj)
* it seems (to me that)
    Май че не е така.Maj če ne e taka.I rather doubt it.
* in all probability/likelihood, most probably, apparently, to all appearances, by all appearances, very likely
    Май че ще вали.Maj če šte vali.It looks like rain; l'm afraid it's going to rain; I fancy it will rain.

##### Synonyms

* изглежда (izgležda)
* вероятно (verojatno)

### References

* “май”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “май”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

## Carpathian Rusyn
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmaj]
* Rhymes: -aj
* Syllabification: май

### Noun

май • (maj) m
* May
    в ма́ю ― v máju ― in May

#### See also

* януа́р (január)
* фебруа́р (február)
* ма́рец (márec)
* а́пріль (áprilʹ)
* май (maj)
* юн (jun) ~ ю́ній (júnij)
* юл (jul) ~ ю́лій (júlij)
* а́вґуст (ávgust)
* септе́мбер (septémber)
* окто́бер (október)
* нове́мбер (novémber)
* деце́мбер (decémber)

### Further reading

* Jabur, Vasiľ, Plišková Anna, Koporová Kvetoslava (2007) “май”, in Русиньска лексіка [Rusyn vocabulary]‎ (overall work in Carpathian Rusyn), Prešov, →ISBN, page 124

## Chamalal
### Alternative forms

* ма́ра (mára) — Gigatl

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Avaro-Andian [Term?].

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaːj/

### Noun

ма̄й • (maaj)
* nose
* toe (of a footwear)

### References

* Magomedova, Patimat T. (1999) Чамалинско-русский словарь [Chamali-Russian dictionary] (in Russian), Makhachkala: Dagestan Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 216
* Khalilov, Madzhid (2015) “май”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, Lak dictionary‎, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, retrieved 11 December 2022

## Karachay-Balkar
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bań.

### Noun

май • (may)
* fat

### References

* ↑ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bań”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

## Karaim
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bań.

### Noun

май • (may)
* fat

### References

* ↑ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bań”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

## Kazakh
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bań.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [maj]

### Noun

май • (mai) (nominative plural майлар)
* butter
* oil

#### Derived terms

* майлылық (mailylyq)
* майшы (maişy)
* майхана (maixana)

## Komi-Zyrian

Month names :
| Previous: | апрель (apreľ) |
| Next: | июнь (ijuń) |

### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian май (maj).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaj/, [ˈmäj]
* Hyphenation: май

### Noun

май • (maj)
* May

#### Declension

Possessive declension of май :

#### Synonyms

* (archaic) ода кора (oda kora)

### References

* L. M. Beznosikova, E. A. Ajbabina, R. I. Kosnyreva (2000) Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], →ISBN, page 377

## Kumyk
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bań.

### Noun

май • (may)
* fat

### References

* ↑ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bań”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

## Kyrgyz
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɑj/

### Etymology 1

Cognate with Tatar май (may), Kazakh май (mai), Bashkir май (may), Uyghur ماي (may, “oil, butter, fat, grease”), from Proto-Turkic *bań.

#### Noun

май • (may) (Arabic spelling ماي)
* butter
* oil
* fat

##### Derived terms

* майлуу (mayluu)
** майлуулук (mayluuluk)
* майлоо (mayloo)
* майлык (maylık)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian май (maj).

#### Noun

май • (may) (Arabic spelling ماي)
* May

## Lak
### Etymology 1

Akin to Hinukh мии (mii) and Khinalug ми (mi).

#### Noun

май • (may)
* fat, grease

### Etymology 2

Akin to Budukh меъел (meʔel).

#### Noun

май • (may)
* nose

## Nogai
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bań.

### Noun

май • (may)
* fat

### References

* ↑ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bań”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

## Northern Altai
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian май (maj).

### Noun

май • (may)
* May

## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [maj]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aj

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic маи (mai) from Byzantine Greek Μάϊος (Máïos) from Latin māius from Maia (perhaps) from Proto-Indo-European *magya (“she who is great”) from Proto-Indo-European *mégh₂s (“great”).

#### Noun

май • (maj) m inan (genitive ма́я, nominative plural ма́и, genitive plural ма́ев, relational adjective ма́йский)
* May
    в ма́е ― v máje ― in May
    в ма́е э́того го́да ― v máje étovo góda ― in May
    в ма́е про́шлого го́да ― v máje próšlovo góda ― May of last year
    в ма́е бу́дущего го́да ― v máje búduščevo góda ― May of next year
    до ма́я ― do mája ― until May
    с ма́я по дека́брь ― s mája po dekábrʹ ― from May to December
    к ма́ю ― k máju ― by May
    пе́рвое ма́я ― pérvoje mája ― May first
    пе́рвого ма́я ― pérvovo mája ― on May first
    1-го ма́я 2010 г. ― 1-vo mája 2010 g. ― May 1, 2010
    1.V.2010 г. ― 1.V.2010 g. ― May 1, 2010

##### Descendants

* → Abaza: май (maj)
* → Avar: май (maj)
* → Bashkir: май (may)
* → Gagauz: may
* → Ingrian: mai
* → Karelian:
** South Karelian: mai
* → Komi-Permyak: май (maj)
* → Komi-Zyrian: май (maj)
* → Kyrgyz: май (may)
* → Lak: май (may)
* → Lezgi: май (maj)
* → Northern Altai: май (may)
* → Ossetian: май (maj)
* → Southern Altai: май (may)
* → Tajik: май (may)
* → Turkmen: maý
* → Tuvan: май (may)
* → Uzbek: may
* → Western Mari: май (maj)

##### See also

* янва́рь (janvárʹ)
* февра́ль (fevrálʹ)
* март (mart)
* апре́ль (aprélʹ)
* май (maj)
* ию́нь (ijúnʹ)
* ию́ль (ijúlʹ)
* а́вгуст (ávgust)
* сентя́брь (sentjábrʹ)
* октя́брь (oktjábrʹ)
* ноя́брь (nojábrʹ)
* дека́брь (dekábrʹ)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

май • (maj)
* second-person singular imperative imperfective of ма́ять (májatʹ)

## Southern Altai
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Russian май (maj).

#### Noun

май • (may)
* May

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *bań. cognate with Kazakh май (mai), Kyrgyz май (may), Crimean Tatar may, Kumyk май (may), Tatar май (may), Uzbek moy, etc.

#### Noun

май • (may)
* butter
* fat

### Related terms

* сары май (sarï may)
* јуу (ǰuu)

### References

“май”, in Grammatika Altajskovo Jazyka [Altaic language Grammar], Kazan: V universtiteskoj til, 1869, →ISBN

## Tajik
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian май (maj).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maj/, [mäj]

### Noun

май • (may)
* May

#### See also

* январ (yanvar)
* феврал (fevral)
* март (mart)
* апрел (aprel)
* май (may)
* июн (iyun)
* июл (iyul)
* август (avgust)
* сентябр (sentyabr)
* октябр (oktyabr)
* ноябр (noyabr)
* декабр (dekabr)

### Further reading

* май on the Tajik Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{tg}$

## Tatar
### Noun

май • (may)
* May

#### Declension
## Tuvan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian май (maj).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maj/

### Noun

май • (may) (definite accusative майны, plural майлар)
* May

#### Synonyms

* беш ай (beş ay, literally “the fifth month”)

## Ukrainian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mai̯]
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

май • (maj)
* second-person singular imperative imperfective of ма́ти (máty)