танау

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Bashkir

Танау

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).

Found also in Kalmyk хамрин тана (xamrin tana, nose wings), Buryat хамарай танаа (xamaraj tanaa, septum).

Due to narrow geographic distribution and lack of attestation in medieval sources, the ultimate provenance of the word cannot be ascertained.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: та‧нау

Noun

танау (tanaw)

  1. (human) nose
    • Yanybay Khammatov "Gold collects in grains":
    Дарыуханала дингеҙ һыуы нигеҙендә эшләнгән спрей һатып алығыҙ һәм көнөнә бер нисә тапҡыр танауҙы сайҡағыҙ.
    Darıwxanala dingeź hıwı nigeźendə eşləngən sprey hatıp alığıź həm könönə ber nisə tapqır tanawźı sayqağıź.
    Buy a spray based on seewater in a drugstore, and rinse (your) nose several times a day.
    Ниғмәтулла ашауҙан туҡтаны, төндә тымау төшкән танауын мыш-мыш тартты.
    Niğmətulla aşawźan tuqtanı, töndə tımaw töşkən tanawın mış-mış tarttı.
    Nigmatulla stopped eating; at night, he wheezed (through) his nose (as he had) cought cold.

Declension

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic تاناۋ
Cyrillic танау
Latin tanau

Pronunciation

Noun

танау (tanau)

  1. nostril; nose