Bashkir edit

 
Тау.

Etymology edit

From Common Kypchak *taw, from Proto-Turkic *tāg (mountain).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tɑw/
  • Hyphenation: тау (one syllable)

Noun edit

тау (taw)

  1. (geography) mountain
    Тау артылып, һыу кисеп, // Ҡара урмандар үтеп, //Һаман алға киткән, ти.
    Taw artılıp, hıw kisep, // Qara urmandar ütep, //Haman alğa kitkən, ti.
    (The two brothers - Ural and Shulgan) walked on and on, crossing mountains, fording rivers, passing through dark forests.
    ...Йәһүҙиәлә булғандар тауҙарға ҡасһын. (Mark 13:14)
    ...Yəhüźiələ bulğandar tawźarğa qashın.
    ...let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
    Мотоциклды ҡалдырҙым да тауға мендем.
    Mototsikldı qaldırźım da tawğa mendem.
    I left the motorcycle and climbed the mountain.

Declension edit

Karachay-Balkar edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *tāg.

Noun edit

тау (tau)

  1. mountain

References edit

  • Gočijajeva, S. A., Sujunčev, X. I. (1989) “тау”, in Tenišev E.R., Sujunčev X. I., editors, Karačajevo-balkarsko-russkij slovarʹ [Karachay-Balkar–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Russkij jazyk

Kazakh edit

Alternative scripts
Arabic تاۋ
Cyrillic тау
Latin tau

Etymology edit

From Common Kypchak *taw, from Proto-Turkic *tāg (mountain).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

тау (tau) (nominative plural таулар)

  1. (geography) mountain

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Macedonian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

тау (taun

  1. tau (Greek letter)

Declension edit

Russian edit

 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ταῦ (taû).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

та́у (táun inan (indeclinable)

  1. tau (the Greek letter Τ/τ)

Tatar edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *tāg (mountain).

Noun edit

тау (taw)

  1. (geography) mountain

Declension edit

Udmurt edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from a Turkic language, from Proto-Turkic [Term?]. Compare Chuvash тав (tav). Cognates include Eastern Mari тау (tau).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [täˈu]
  • Hyphenation: тау

Interjection edit

тау (tau)

  1. thank you, thanks

References edit

  • L. E. Kirillova, L. L. Karpova, editors (2008), “тау”, in Удмурт-ӟуч кыллюкам [Udmurt-Russian dictionary], Izhevsk: Удмуртский институт истории, языка и литературы УрО РАН, →ISBN, page 638
  • Yrjö Wichmann, Toivo Emil Uotila (1987) Mikko Korhonen, editor, Wotjakischer Wortschatz [Votyak Vocabulary] (Lexica Societatis Fenno-Ugricae; Volume 21) (overall work in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 258