قارىغاي

Uyghur

Other scripts
Arabic قارىغاي
Latin qarighay
Cyrillic қариғай (qarighay)

Note: The Cyrillic follows the Kazakhstani standard.

Etymology

From a Mongolic source according to Räsänen, see Middle Mongol *qaraɣai (pine tree). Cognate with Tatar карагай (qarağay, larch tree), Khakas харағай (xarağay, pine tree), Southern Altai карагай (karagay), Bashkir ҡарағай (qarağay), Shor қарағай, Karakalpak qaraǵay, Uzbek qaragʻay (pine tree), Kazakh қарағай (qarağai, pine, spruce), Kyrgyz карагай (karagay, spruce), Karachay-Balkar къаракъай (qaraqay, coniferous), etc.

Noun

قارىغاي • (qarighay) (plural قارىغايلار (qarighaylar))

  1. pine, spruce