Bashkir

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Тау.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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.

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Karachay-Balkar

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *tāg.

Noun

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тау (tau)

  1. mountain

References

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  • 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

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Alternative scripts
Arabic تاۋ
Cyrillic тау
Latin tau

Etymology

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

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Noun

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тау (tau) (nominative plural таулар)

  1. (geography) mountain

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Macedonian

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тау (taun

  1. tau (Greek letter)

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Russian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ταῦ (taû).

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Noun

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та́у (táun inan (indeclinable)

  1. tau (the Greek letter Τ/τ)

Tatar

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *tāg (mountain).

Noun

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тау (taw)

  1. (geography) mountain

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Udmurt

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

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тау (tau)

  1. thank you, thanks

References

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  • 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