Altai

• Altay

From the Turkic word for "Golden Mountain". Compare Turkish altın (“gold”), dağ (“mountain”) and al (“red, colorful”) which altın is likely related to.

• enPR: ǎlʹtīʹ

Altai

1. (with the) A mountain range in central Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan converge.
   • 2021 February 22, Claire Thomas, “On Horseback Among the Eagle Hunters and Herders of the Mongolian Altai”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 February 2021‎^[2]:

     Deep in the Altai Mountains, where Russia, China, Kazakhstan and Mongolia meet, Kazakh people have for centuries developed and nurtured a special bond with golden eagles, training the birds to hunt foxes and other small animals.

2. Alternative form of Altay.
3. A city in Govi-Altai, Mongolia.
   • 2002, Claire Sermier, “Gobi Aimags”, in Helen Loveday, transl., Mongolia: Empire of the Steppes‎^[3], Airphoto International Ltd., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 270:

     Set dramatically on a dry plain, with high snow-capped peaks in the distance, is the provincial capital Altai, located 1,005 kilometres west of Ulaanbaatar. Before 1960, it was known as Yösön Bulag (the ‘nine springs’). This town of 15,000 people sits at 2,160 metres above sea level, making it the highest city in the country.

• Altai wapiti (Cervus elaphus sibiricus, syn. Cervus canadensis sibiricus)
• Altaian

Altai pl (plural only)

1. The people living in the region of the Altai mountains.

• Alita, Itala, Talia

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əlˈtaj]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [alˈtaj]
• Rhymes: -aj

Altai m

1. Altay (a mountain range in central Asia)

From Russian Алтай (Altaj).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑltɑi̯/, [ˈɑ̝l̪t̪ɑ̝i̯]
• Rhymes: -ɑltɑi
• Syllabification^(key): Al‧tai
• Hyphenation^(key): Al‧tai

Altai

1. Altay (mountain range)
2. Altai Republic

   Synonym: Altain tasavalta

• ailta, alati, alita, iltaa, laati, laita, latia, liata, talia, tilaa

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Altai m

1. Altay (a mountain range)

Altai m

1. Altay (a mountain range in central Asia)