Altay

English

Alternative forms

• Altai

Etymology

From the Mongolic and Turkic words for "Golden Mountain". Compare Turkish altın (“gold”), dağ (“mountain”) and al (“red, colorful”) which altın is likely related to. See also Chinese 金 (jīn) 山 (shān), "gold mountain."

Proper noun

Altay (Belukha mountain)

Altay

1. The mountain range in central Asia where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan come together.
2. Altay, Xinjiang, China.
3. Altay Prefecture.

Translations

mountain range

• Arabic: أَلْتَاي m (ʔaltāy), أَلْطَاي m (ʔalṭāy)
• Armenian: Ալթայ (hy) (Altʻay)
• Azerbaijani: Altay (az)
• Belarusian: Алта́й m (Altáj)
• Bengali: আলতাই (alotai)
• Bulgarian: Алта́й m (Altáj)
• Catalan: Altai m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿爾泰／阿尔泰 (zh) (Ā'ěrtài), 阿尔泰 (zh) (Ā'ěrtài)

• Czech: Altaj (cs) m
• Estonian: Altai
• Finnish: Altai (fi)
• French: Altaï (fr) m
• Georgian: ალთაი (altai)
• German: Altai (de) m
• Hebrew: אלטאי m
• Hindi: अल्ताई ? (altāī)
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• Hungarian: Altaj
• Japanese: アルタイ (Arutai)
• Kazakh: Алтай (Altai)
• Korean: 알타이 (Altai)
• Macedonian: Алтај (Altaj)
• Mongolian: Алтай (Altaj)
• Persian: آلتای
• Polish: Ałtaj (pl) m
• Portuguese: Altai m
• Russian: Алта́й (ru) m (Altáj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Алтај m

  Roman: Altaj (sh) m

• Southern Altai: Алтай тили (Altay tili)
• Thai: อัลไต (an-dtai)
• Turkish: Altay (tr)
• Ukrainian: Алта́й m (Altáj)
• Vietnamese: Altay

Altay, Xinjiang, China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿勒泰 (zh) (Ālēitài)

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• Russian: Алта́й (ru) m (Altáj)
• Uyghur: ئالتاي (altay)

See also

• Altai Republic, Altay Republic
• Altai Krai, Altay Kray

Anagrams

• Tayla, Yalta

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Turkish

Proper noun

Altay

1. a male given name