# таз
## Bulgarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tas]

### Etymology 1
#### Pronoun

таз • (taz) f (demonstrative)
* (regional, nonstandard or poetic) Alternative form of тази (tazi) (the feminine singular of този (tozi)); this, this one, that, that one, the one, she
    Каква е таз книга?Kakva e taz kniga?What is this book?

##### Usage notes

Таз (Taz) and the other shortened demonstrative pronouns (тоз (toz), туй (tuj), тез (tez), оназ (onaz), онуй (onuj), онез (onez)) are used in the Eastern Bulgarian dialects and are not considered standard. They can also be found in poetry (see quotations) where the number of syllables is important and these pronouns are one syllable shorter than their corresponding standard forms.

##### Quotations

   * 1873, Hristo Botev, “Hadzhi Dimitar”, Nezavisimost (newspaper):
       Грей и ти, слънце, в таз робска земя!Grej i ti, slǎnce, v taz robska zemja!And you, sun, Shine on that slavish land!
   * 1867, Hristo Botev, “To My Mother”, Gayda (newspaper):
       […] та туй сърце младо, таз душа страдна да се оплачат тебе горкана […][…] ta tuj sǎrce mlado, taz duša stradna da se oplačat tebe gorkana […]So this young heart, this suffering soul Might seek your solace, poor wretch...

##### Related terms

| | | Personal | Personal | Qualitative | Quantative |
| | | Proximal | Distal | Qualitative | Quantative |
| Masculine | Nominative | то́зи (tózi) тоз (toz) то́я (tója) | о́нзи (ónzi) о́ня (ónja) | такъ́в (takǎ́v) онакъ́в (onakǎ́v) и́накъв (ínakǎv) | то́лкова (tólkova) то́лкоз (tólkoz) |
| Masculine | Accusative | того́зи (togózi) того́з (togóz) того́ва (togóva) | оного́зи (onogózi) оного́з (onogóz) оного́ва (onogóva) | такъ́в (takǎ́v) онакъ́в (onakǎ́v) и́накъв (ínakǎv) | то́лкова (tólkova) то́лкоз (tólkoz) |
| Masculine | Dative | тому́ва (tomúva) | оному́ва (onomúva) | такъ́в (takǎ́v) онакъ́в (onakǎ́v) и́накъв (ínakǎv) | то́лкова (tólkova) то́лкоз (tólkoz) |
| Feminine | — | та́зи (tázi) таз (taz) та́я (tája) | она́зи (onázi) она́з (onáz) она́я (onája) | така́ва (takáva) онака́ва (onakáva) и́наква (ínakva) | то́лкова (tólkova) то́лкоз (tólkoz) |
| Neuter | — | това́ (tová) туй (tuj) | онова́ (onová) ону́й (onúj) | тако́ва (takóva) онако́ва (onakóva) и́накво (ínakvo) | то́лкова (tólkova) то́лкоз (tólkoz) |
| Plural | — | те́зи (tézi) тез (tez) ти́я (tíja) | оне́зи (onézi) оне́з (onéz) они́я (oníja) | таки́ва (takíva) онаки́ва (onakíva) и́накви (ínakvi) | то́лкова (tólkova) то́лкоз (tólkoz) |

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian таз (taz).

#### Noun

таз • (taz) m
* (anatomy) pelvis

##### Declension
### References

* “таз”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “таз”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “таз”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 753

### Anagrams

* таз- (taz-)

## Kazakh
### Etymology

From Proto-Common Turkic *taz, Proto-Turkic *tāŕ.

### Noun

таз • (taz)
* bald spot, bald patch

### Adjective

таз • (taz)
* bald

### References

* Sevortjan, E. V. (1980) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Nauka, page 124

## Komi-Zyrian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian таз (taz).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtaz/, [ˈtäz]
* Hyphenation: таз

### Noun

таз • (taz)
* basin, tub

#### Declension

Possessive declension of таз :

### References

* Bubrikh, Dmitry V. (1949) Грамматика литературного коми языка [Grammar of the literary Komi language] (in Russian), Leningrad: Zhdanov Leningrad State University, page 31
* L. M. Beznosikova, E. A. Ajbabina, R. I. Kosnyreva (2000) Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], →ISBN, page 630

## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tas]
* Rhymes: -as

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic тазъ (tazŭ), a Turkic borrowing. Compare Crimean Tatar tas, Turkish tas, Tatar тас (tas), etc. Ultimately from Persian تاس (tâs).

#### Noun

таз • (taz) m inan (genitive та́за, nominative plural тазы́, genitive plural тазо́в, relational adjective та́зовый, diminutive та́зик)
* basin (a wide, relatively shallow vessel, e.g. for washing or cooking)
* (anatomy) pelvis

##### Descendants

* → Ingrian: taazi, taazu, taasi
* → Kildin Sami: та̄сс (tāss)
* → Komi-Zyrian: таз (taz)

### Etymology 2

From Chinese 韃子 / 鞑子 (dázi), originally meaning any foreign ethnic group in Northern China, from Chinese 韃靼 / 鞑靼 (dádá), from Old Turkic 𐱃𐱃𐰺 (t¹t¹r¹).

#### Noun

таз • (taz) m anim (genitive та́за, nominative plural та́зы, genitive plural та́зов, feminine тазо́вка, relational adjective та́зовский)
* member of the Taz ethnicity

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

Humorous alteration of ВАЗ (VAZ), the main factory manufacturing Lada-brand automobiles, influenced by the noun таз (taz, “basin”) with the implied sense of “low-tech metal item” or “rustbucket”.

#### Noun

таз • (taz) m inan (genitive та́за, nominative plural та́зы, genitive plural та́зов, diminutive та́зик)
* (slang) a Lada automobile

##### Declension
### References

* Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “таз”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
* Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “таз”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 224