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Where does “باي” come from?

باي (Uyghur) comes from Ottoman Turkish بای, from Proto-Turkic *bāy.

Ancestry of “باي”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبایrich
2Proto-Turkic*bāy—

Words derived from “باي”

  • 巴依
Every word from Proto-Turkic *bāy →