таҥас

Yakut

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Bashkir туҡыма (tuqıma, “cloth”) and Proto-Turkic *tōn (“clothing”).

Noun

таҥас • (tañas)

1. fabric, material (for making clothes)

   Synonym: табаар (tabaar) (colloquial)

2. (metonymically) clothes, clothing

   Synonym: мал (mal)

Derived terms

• атах таҥаһа (ataq tañaha, “footwear”)
• таҥас-сап (tañas-sap, “clothes, clothing”)
• таҥастаа (tañastaa, “to clothe (someone else)”)

See also

• таҥын (tañın, “to dress (oneself)”)