таныу

Bashkir

Etymology

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

Cognate with Kazakh тану (tanw), Kumyk танымакъ (tanımaq), Kyrgyz тааны- (taanı-), Southern Altai таны- (tanï-), Uzbek tanimoq, East Kewa таны-, Tuvan таны- (tanı-), Turkish tanımak (“know somebody, recognize”).

Verb

таныу • (tanïw)

  1. to recognize, know by sight, (be able to) identify
    Хаттың тышында адресын күреү менән атайымдың ҡулын таныным.
    Xattïñ tïšïnda adresïn kürew menän atayïmdïñ qulïn tanïnïm.
    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.
    Ägär ðä min yaðğan keše üðen tanïha, oyalïr tip uylayïm.
    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
  • таныш (tanïš, “familiar; acquaintance”)

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