байга

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bay-ga. Cognate to Kazakh бәйге (bäige), Kyrgyz байге (bayge), Uzbek poyga (“horse race”).

Noun

байга • (bayga)

  1. horse race

References

  • O. N. Balakina, V. S. Dedejeva, editor (2015), “байга”, in Altajsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Altaic-Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaisk: Izdatelʹskij dom "Bija", g.Bijsk, per.Muromcevskij, d.2., page 24
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