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Kazakh
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *tạnu- (“to know, get to know”).
Pronunciation
Noun
тану • (tanu)
- identification
- study
- acknowledgement
Verb
тану • (tanu)
- to distinguish, identify
- to learn, study
- to acknowledge, recognize
Southern Altai
Etymology
Cognate with Siberian Tatar танау (“nose, nasal cavity”), Kazakh танау (tanau, “nostril, nose”), Kumyk танав (tanaw, “nostril”), Khakas танаа (tanaa, “nasal cavity, nostril”), Yakut таныы (tanıı, “nostril”).
Noun
тану • (tanu)
- nostril
References
“тану”, in Grammatika Altajskovo Jazyka [Altaic language Grammar], Kazan: V universtiteskoj til, 1869, →ISBN, page 260