әсә

From Proto-Turkic *ăča / *ĕče "mother; elder sister; older woman".

Compare with Kyrgyz эже (eje, “elder sister; a way to address an older woman”), Southern Altai эје (eǰe, “elder sister; a way to address an older woman”), Uzbek ocha (“grandmother”), Uyghur ئاچا‎ (acha, “elder sister; a way to address an older woman”), etc.

әсә • (äsä)

1. (formal) mother

   Әсә күңеле — балала, бала күңеле — далала.

   Äsä küŋele — balala, bala küŋele — dalala.

   The mother's soul is in (her) child, the child's soul is in the steppe.

   Әсәм теле миңә — сәсән теле. (Rami Garipov)

   Äsäm tele miŋä — säsän tele.

   My mother's tongue to me is bard's language.

   Әсәһе үлгәс, атаһы өйгә үгәй әсә алып ҡайтҡан.

   Äsähe ülgäs, atahı öygä ügäy äsä alıp qaytqan.

   When her mother died, her father brought home a stepmother.

• ата-әсә (ata-äsä, “parent(s)”)

• әсәй (äsäy, “mother”)