Kazakh edit

Alternative scripts
Arabic تانىس
Cyrillic таныс
Latin tanys
Yañalif tanьs

Etymology edit

From the verb tanï- "to know, be familiar with" (compare Old Turkic [script needed] (tanï-, know, be familiar), from Proto-Turkic *tạnu- (to know). Cognate with Bashkir таныш (tanış), Kyrgyz тааныш (taanış), Uzbek tanish (known, acquainted), Turkish tanış, etc.

Adjective edit

таныс (tanys)

  1. acquainted, familiar

Derived terms edit