таныс

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic تانىس
Cyrillic таныс
Latin tanys

Etymology

From the verb tanï- "to know, be familiar with" (compare Old Turkic [script needed] (tanï-, know, be familiar), from Proto-Turkic *tanu- (to know). Cognate with Bashkir таныш (tanış), Kyrgyz тааныш (taanış), Uzbek tanish (known, acquainted), Turkish tanış, etc.

Adjective

таныс • (tanys)

  1. acquainted, familiar

Derived terms

  • таныстау (tanystau)
  • таныстық (tanystyq)