Karaim edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *teŋiŕ. Cognate to Crimean Tatar deñiz, Karachay-Balkar тенгиз (teñiz), Kumyk денгиз (deñiz), Urum тэнгиз (tengiz), дэниз (deniz), дэнгиз (dengiz), etc.

Noun edit

tengiz

  1. sea

References edit

  • N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “tengiz”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN