карай

Northern Altai

Etymology

From a Mongolic source according to Räsänen, see Middle Mongol *qaraɣai (pine tree).

Cognate with Khakas харағай (xarağay, pine tree), Shor қарағай (qaraɣay), etc.

Noun

карай • (karay)

  1. pine

References

  • L. M. Tukmačev, editor (1995), “карай”, in Kumandinsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Kumandy-Russian Dictionary], Biysk: Kandidat filologičeskix nauk, Izdatelʹstvo bijskij kotelʹščik, →ISBN, page 19

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɐˈraj]

Verb

кара́й • (karáj)

  1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of кара́ть (karátʹ)