tengiz

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Karaim

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *teŋiŕ. Cognate to Crimean Tatar deñiz, Karachay-Balkar тенгиз (teñiz), Kumyk денгиз (deñiz), Urum тэнгиз (tengiz), дэниз (deniz), дэнгиз (dengiz), etc.

Noun

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tengiz

  1. sea

References

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  • N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “tengiz”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ, Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN