тану

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic تانۋ
Cyrillic тану
Latin tanu

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tạnu- (to know, get to know).

Pronunciation

Noun

тану (tanu)

  1. identification
  2. study
  3. acknowledgement

Verb

тану (tanu)

  1. to distinguish, identify
  2. to learn, study
  3. 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)

  1. nostril

References

тану”, in Grammatika Altajskovo Jazyka [Altaic language Grammar], Kazan: V universtiteskoj til, 1869, →ISBN, page 260