баја

See also: Баја

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bāča. Cognate with Kazakh бажа (baja), Kyrgyz бажа (baja), Crimean Tatar baca, Karachay-Balkar баджа (baca), Kumyk бажа (baja), Bashkir бажа (baja), Azerbaijani bacı, Turkish bacı, Turkmen bajy, Uzbek boja, Khakas паӌа (paca), Tuvan бажа (baja), etc.

Noun

баја • (baǰa)

  1. one's wife's sister's husband; brother-in-law

References

  • N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “баја”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
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