Chuvash

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tōn (clothing).[1][2]

Cognate with Khalaj tôn, Turkish don, Bashkir тун (tun) and Tuvan тон (ton).

Noun

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тум (tum) (plural тумсем) 

  1. clothing, outfit

References

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  1. ^ Fedotov, M. R. (1996) “тум”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume II, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, page 238
  2. ^ Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “тум”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 257

Further reading

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  • тум”, in Электронлă сăмахсар[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.

Etymology

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From Proto-Yeniseian *tum-.

Adjective

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тум (tum)

  1. black

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Lezgi

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Etymology

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From a Turkic language, ultimately from Persian تخم. Compare Azerbaijani toxum.

Noun

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тум (tum)

  1. seed

Shor

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Adjective

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тум (tum)

  1. dense, thick (of a forest)
    тум чышthick forest

Tabasaran

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Noun

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тум (tum)

  1. seed

Noun

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тум (tum)

  1. root