инәй

from Proto-Turkic *eńe (“mother”), a front vowel parallel to *ana (“mother”).

Cognate with Tatar әни (äni, “mother”), Siberian Tatar инә (“mother”), Kyrgyz эне (ene, “mother”), Southern Altai эне (ene, “mother”), Kazakh ене (ene, “mother-in-law”), Yakut ийе (iye, “mother”); Khakas иней (iney, “old woman”), etc.

• IPA^(key): [iˈnæj]
• Hyphenation: и‧нәй

инәй • (inäy)

1. (Eastern Bashkir, North-Western Bashkir) mother
2. (Standard, Southern Bashkir) an address to a woman older than the speaker's mother

• әсәй (äsäy, “mother”) (Standard, Southern Bashkir)
• әбей (äbey, “address to a woman older than the speaker's mother”) (Eastern Bashkir, North-Western Bashkir)