атау

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic اتاۋ
Cyrillic атау
Latin atau

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From ат (at).

Verb

атау (atau)

  1. to call, to name
Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Noun

атау (atau) (verbal noun)

  1. naming, calling
  2. short for атау септік (atau septık, the nominative case)
Declension

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ātag (island). Cognate with Azerbaijani ada, Turkish ada.

Noun

атау (atau)

  1. (dialectal, Kyzylorda) small island
    Synonym: арал (aral)