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таныу

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Bashkir

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Etymology

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Proto-Turkic *tạnu- (“to know, get to know”).[1]

Cognate with Kazakh тану (tanu), Kumyk танымакъ (tanımaq), Kyrgyz таануу (taanuu), Southern Altai таныыр (tanïïr), Uzbek tanimoq, Khakas таны- (tanı-), Tuvan таны- (tanı-), Turkish tanımak (“know somebody, recognize”).

Verb

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таныу • (tanıw)

  1. to recognize, know by sight, (be able to) identify
    Хаттың тышында адресын күреү менән атайымдың ҡулын таныным.
    Xattıñ tışında adresın kürew menən atayımdıñ qulın tanınım.
    As soon as I saw the address on the envelope, I recognized my father's handwriting.
    Әгәр ҙә мин яҙған кеше үҙен таныһа, оялыр тип уйлайым.
    Əgər źə min yaźğan keşe üźen tanıha, oyalır tip uylayım.
    If the person I wrote (about) recognizes himself/herself, I think s/he will be ashamed.
  2. (a system of writing) know letters, be able to read
  3. acknowledge, reckon with, take into account
  4. (philosophy) cognize; find out, learn, get to know

Derived terms

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  • таныш (tanış, “familiar; acquaintance”)

References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*tạnu-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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