инәй

See also: иней and инеи

Bashkir

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

инәй • (inəy)

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

Declension

Declension of инәй (inəy)

	singular	plural
absolute	инәй (inəy)	инәйҙәр (inəyźər)
definite genitive	инәйҙең (inəyźeñ)	инәйҙәрҙең (inəyźərźeñ)
dative	инәйгә (inəygə)	инәйҙәргә (inəyźərgə)
definite accusative	инәйҙе (inəyźe)	инәйҙәрҙе (inəyźərźe)
locative	инәйҙә (inəyźə)	инәйҙәрҙә (inəyźərźə)
ablative	инәйҙән (inəyźən)	инәйҙәрҙән (inəyźərźən)

See also

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