Cognate with Bashkir тауыш (tawış), Tatar тавыш (tawış), Kazakh дауыс (dauys), Karakalpak даўыс (dawıs), Karachay-Balkar таууш (tauuş), Kyrgyz тоош (tooş), Southern Altai табыш (tabïš), Uzbek tovush, Crimean Tatar davuş, Khakas табыс (tabıs, “voice, sound”).