Western Mari edit

 
Тангыз.

Etymology edit

Borrowed from a Turkic language, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *teŋiŕ. Compare Tatar диңгез (diñgez), Chuvash тинӗс (tinĕs) and Kazakh теңіз (teñız). Cognates include Eastern Mari теҥыз (teŋyz).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

тангыз (tangyz)

  1. sea

References edit

  • Savatkova, A. A. (2008) “тангыз”, in Slovarʹ gornomarijskovo jazyka [Hill Mari language dictionary] (in Russian), Yoshkar-Ola: Mari publisher, →ISBN
  • K. I. Belyaev & P. P. Romashkin (1944) “море”, in Русско-Марийский Словарь [Russian-Mari Dictionary] (overall work in Russian), Kozmodemyansk: Маргосиздатын Кырык-Мары Филиал, page 161
  • K. G. Yuadarov (1979) “море”, in Русско-марийский словарь: для учащихся горномарийских средних школ [Russian-Mari Dictionary: for students of Hill-Mari secondary schools] (overall work in Russian), Yoshkar-Ola: Марийское Книжное Издательство, →OCLC, page 53