Where does “Жаңбырбай” come from?

Жаңбырбай (Kazakh) comes from Kazakh бай, from Chinese 白, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan bawk — white.

Ancestry of “Жаңбырбай”, step by step

Жаңбырбай traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kazakh бай

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhбайrich, wealthy
2Chinese白white
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanbawkwhite

via Kazakh жаңбыр

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhжаңбырrain
2Proto-Turkicyagmurrain
3Proto-Turkicyag-to rain
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