Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Kazakh таныс (tanys), Kyrgyz тааныш (taanış), Southern Altai таныш (tanïš, familiar), Kumyk таныш (tanış), Uzbek tanish, Turkish tanış (familiar; acquaintance).

From the verb tanï- "to know, be familiar with" (compare Old Turkic [script needed] (tanï-, know, be familiar), from Proto-Turkic *tạnu- (to know).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [tɑ.ˈnɯ̞ʂ]
  • Hyphenation: та‧ныш

Adjective edit

таныш (tanış)

  1. familiar, known to somebody
    Был йыр миңә таныш.
    Bıl yır miñə tanış.
    This song is familiar to me.
    Ҡала шарттарында таныш булмаған кеше менән һаулыҡ һорашыу ғәҙәте юҡ, шуға ла үзбәктәрҙең был ҡылығы минең өсөн бик сәйер тойолдо.
    Qala şarttarında tanış bulmağan keşe menən hawlıq horaşıw ğəźəte yuq, şuğa la üzbəktərźeñ bıl qılığı mineñ ösön bik səyer toyoldo.
    In an urban setting, there is no custom of greeting unfamiliar people, that is why such a habit of Uzbeks appeared very strange to me.

Noun edit

таныш (tanış)

  1. acquaintance, a person that somebody knows / has met

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*or-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Kumyk edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *tạnu- (to know).

Adjective edit

таныш (tanış)

  1. familiar, known to somebody

Noun edit

таныш (tanış)

  1. acquaintance

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • Бамматов Б.Г., editor (2013), “таныш”, in Кумыкско-русский словарь [Kumyk–Russian dictionary], Makhachkala: ИЯЛИ ДНЦ РАН