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Southern Altai
Etymology
From Common Turkic *teŋiz (“lake, sea”), from Proto-Turkic *teŋiŕ. Cognate to Kyrgyz деңиз (deŋiz), Karaim tengiz, Karachay-Balkar тенгиз (teñiz), Kumyk денгиз (deñiz), Karakalpak teńiz, Kazakh теңіз (teñız), Nogai денъиз (deñiz), Bashkir дингеҙ (dingeź), Tatar диңгез (diñgez), etc. Also, Compare Mongolian teŋgis (“ocean”).
Noun
теҥис • (teŋis)
- ocean
- sea
Synonyms
References
- “теҥис”, in Grammatika Altajskovo Jazyka [Altaic language Grammar], Kazan: V universtiteskoj til, 1869, →ISBN
- V. verbickij, editor (1884), “теҥис”, in Slovarʹ Altajskago i Aladagskago narečij tjurkskago jazyka [Altaian and Aladagian language Dictionary], Kazan', →ISBN