Kazakh edit

Alternative scripts
Arabic تيىس
Cyrillic тиіс
Latin tiıs
Yañalif tijs

Etymology edit

From *tegiš "due, payable; appropriate", verb stem *tegiš- "to exchange goods", from Proto-Turkic *dẹg- (touch).

Cognate with Bashkir тейеш (teyeş, must), Tatar тиеш (tiyeş, must), Kyrgyz тийиш (tiyiş, must), Uyghur تېگىش (tëgish, must), Khakas тізіс (tìzìs). Also compare Karakhanid [script needed] (tegiš, due, payable to); Uzbek tegish (a share payable to smb), Turkish değiş (worthiness), Karachay-Balkar тийишли (tiyişli, required, appropriate), Kumyk тийишли (tiyişli, required, appropriate), etc.

Predicative edit

тиіс (tiıs) (placed at end of sentence)

  1. must