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Kayı (tribe)
Oghuz Turkic tribe / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Kayı or Kayi tribe (Karakhanid: قَيِغْ romanized: qayïγ or qayig; Turkish: Kayı boyu, Turkmen: Gaýy taýpasy) were an Oghuz Turkic people and a sub-branch of the Bozok tribal federation. In his Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk, the 11th century Kara-Khanid scholar Mahmud al-Kashgari cited Kayı as of one of 22 Oghuz tribes, saying that Oghuz were also called Turkomans.[2] The name Kayı means "the one who has might and power by relationship" and the Turkmen proverb says that "people shall be led by Kayı and Bayat tribes" (Turkmen: Il başy - gaýy-baýat).[3]
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Kayı | |
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Regions with significant populations | |
Turkey, Turkmenistan[1] | |
Languages | |
Turkish, Turkmen | |
Religion | |
Sunni Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Oghuz Turks |
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