Bashkir

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *bāča (elder sister; husbands of sisters).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [bɑˈʒɑ]
  • Hyphenation: ба‧жа

Noun

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бажа (baja)

  1. one's wife's sister's husband; husband of a sister in relation to the husband of another sister; brother-in-law

Declension

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Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic باجا
Cyrillic бажа
Latin baja
Yañalif ʙaça

Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *bāča (elder sister; husbands of sisters).

Noun

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бажа (baja)

  1. one's wife's sister's husband; brother-in-law

Declension

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Kyrgyz

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *bāča.

Noun

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бажа (baja) (Arabic spelling باجا)

  1. brother-in-law

Tuvan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *bāča (elder sister; husband of sisters).

Noun

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бажа (baja)

  1. husband of sisters