тәпәш

A specifically Bashkir term. No etymology attempts are known.

Compare with Tatar тәбәнәк (täbänäq, “low”), Kazakh тапал (tapal, “low, short-statured”).

• IPA^(key): [tæˈpæʃ]
• Hyphenation: тә‧пәш

тәпәш • (täpäš)

1. low, small in height

   Тәпәш өҫтәл.

   Täpäš öθtäl.

   A low table.

2. low, comparatively close to the ground
3. (of people's stature) short

   Миңә тәпәш буйлылар оҡшамай.

   Miñä täpäš buylïlar oqšamay.

   I don't like short-statured (people).

• бейек (beyek, “high, tall”)
• оҙон (oðon, “tall-statured (of people)”)

• түбән (tübän, “low in altitude”)