Where does “巴依” come from?
巴依 (Chinese) comes from Uyghur باي, from Ottoman Turkish بای, from Proto-Turkic *bāy.
巴依 (Chinese): bey
Ancestry of “巴依”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Uyghur | باي | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | بای | rich |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *bāy | — |