Where does “بايلىق” come from?

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

بايلىق (Uyghur): richness

Definitions

  1. richness

Ancestry of “بايلىق”, step by step

بايلىق traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Uyghur باي

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Uyghurبايrich, wealthy
2Ottoman Turkishبایrich
3Proto-Turkic*bāyrich

via Uyghur ـلىق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1UyghurـلىقDerives adjectives from nouns; with, having, containing something
Every word from Proto-Turkic *bāy →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بای →Every word from Uyghur باي →