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)