Where does “бай” come from?

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

бай (Kazakh): rich, wealthy

Definitions

  1. rich, wealthy

Ancestry of “бай”, step by step

бай traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 白

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese白white
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanbawkwhite

via Proto-Turkic *bāy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*bāyrich

Words derived from “бай”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan bawk →Every word from Chinese 白 →