# тау
## Bashkir
### Etymology

From Common Kypchak *taw, from Proto-Turkic *tāg (“mountain”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɑw/
* Hyphenation: тау (one syllable)

### Noun

тау • (taw)
* (geography) mountain
** (Can we date this quote?), Ural-batyr (Bashkir folk epic):Тау артылып, һыу кисеп, // Ҡара урмандар үтеп, //Һаман алға киткән, ти.Taw artılıp, hıw kisep, // Qara urmandar ütep, //Haman alğa kitkən, ti.(The two brothers - Ural and Shulgan) walked on and on, crossing mountains, fording rivers, passing through dark forests.
** (Can we date this quote?), Bible, Mark 13:14:...Йәһүҙиәлә булғандар тауҙарға ҡасһын....Yəhüźiələ bulğandar tawźarğa qashın....let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
    Мотоциклды ҡалдырҙым да тауға мендем.Mototsikldı qaldırźım da tawğa mendem.I left the motorcycle and climbed the mountain.

#### Declension
## Karachay-Balkar
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tāg.

### Noun

тау • (tau)
* mountain

### References

* Gočijajeva, S. A., Sujunčev, X. I. (1989) “тау”, in Tenišev E.R., Sujunčev X. I., editors, Karačajevo-balkarsko-russkij slovarʹ [Karachay-Balkar–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Russkij jazyk

## Kazakh
### Etymology

From Common Kypchak *taw, from Proto-Turkic *tāg (“mountain”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɑw/, [tʰɑw]

### Noun

тау • (tau) (nominative plural таулар)
* (geography) mountain

#### Derived terms

* таулы (tauly)
* таулық (taulyq)
* таушы (tauşy)

## Macedonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtau]

### Noun

тау • (tau) n
* tau (Greek letter)

#### Declension
## Russian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ταῦ (taû).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtaʊ]

### Noun

та́у • (táu) n inan (indeclinable)
* tau (the Greek letter Τ/τ)

## Tatar
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tāg (“mountain”).

### Noun

тау • (taw)
* (geography) mountain

#### Declension
### References

* M. M. Osmanov (1966) Татарско-русский словарь [Tatar-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Советская Энциклопедия, page 867

## Udmurt

* This entry is part of the phrasebook project, which presents criteria for inclusion based on utility, simplicity and commonness.

### Etymology

Borrowed from a Turkic language, from Proto-Turkic [Term?]. Compare Chuvash тав (tav, “gratitude, gratefulness”). Cognates include Eastern Mari тау (tau) and Western Mari тау (tau).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [täˈu]
* Rhymes: -u
* Hyphenation: тау

### Interjection

тау • (tau)
* thank you, thanks
    туж бадӟым тау ваньмыз поннаtuž baddźym tau vańmyz ponnathank you very much for everything

#### Synonyms

* ракмат (rakmat) (dialectal)

#### Derived terms

* таукарон (taukaron)
* таукыл (taukyl)

### References

* L. E. Kirillova, L. L. Karpova, editors (2008), “тау”, in Удмурт-ӟуч кыллюкам [Udmurt-Russian dictionary], Izhevsk: Удмуртский институт истории, языка и литературы УрО РАН, →ISBN, page 638
* T. V. Voronova, T. A. Poyarkova, editor (2012), Удмурт-ӟуч, ӟуч-удмурт кыллюкам [Udmurt-Russian, Russian-Udmurt dictionary] (overall work in Russian), Izhevsk: Книжное издательство «Удмуртия», →ISBN, page 72
* Yrjö Wichmann, Toivo Emil Uotila (1987) Mikko Korhonen, editor, Wotjakischer Wortschatz [Votyak Vocabulary] (Lexica Societatis Fenno-Ugricae; Volume 21) (overall work in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 258