Where does “Абылайұлы” come from?

Абылайұлы (Kazakh) comes from Kazakh Абылай, from Kazakh ай, from Proto-Turkic *āy — moon.

Ancestry of “Абылайұлы”, step by step

Абылайұлы traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kazakh Абылай

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1KazakhАбылай—
2Kazakhайmoon; month
3Proto-Turkic*āymoon

via Kazakh ұлы

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhұлыgreat
2Proto-Turkiculugbig, great, grown-up; big, great
Every word from Proto-Turkic *āy →Every word from Kazakh ай →Every word from Kazakh Абылай →