Arabic

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Etymology

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Shortening of طَسْت (ṭast), from Middle Persian tšt' (tašt), ultimately from the past participle of the Proto-Iranian verb *taš- (to make, construct; to cut), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tā́ćšti, from Proto-Indo-European *tḗtḱ-ti ~ *tétḱ-n̥ti, from *tetḱ- (to create). Doublet of طَشْت (ṭašt) and طَسْت (ṭast).

Noun

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طَاس (ṭāsm (plural طَاسَات (ṭāsāt))

  1. bowl, cup

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Andalusian Arabic: طَاس
    • Spanish: taza (see there for further descendants)
  • Adyghe: тас (tas)
  • Avar: тӏарс (tʼars)
  • Azerbaijani: tas
  • Bashkir: тас (tas)
  • Buryat: таас (taas)
  • Chechen: тас (tas)
  • Crimean Tatar: tas
  • Chuvash: таз (taz)
  • Dargwa: тӏас (ṭas)
  • Georgian: თასი (tasi)
  • Hausa: tāsā̀
  • Kabardian: тас (tas)
  • Northern Kurdish: tas
  • Lak: тӏяс (tʼaˤs)
  • Middle Armenian: թաս (tʻas)
  • Munji: [script needed] (tóso)
  • ? Ossetian: тас (tas)
  • Persian: طاس (tâs) (see there for further descendants)
  • Romani: tas
  • Swahili: tasa
  • Turkish: tas
  • Yidgha: [script needed] (tása)
  • Medieval Latin: tassa

References

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  • Abajev, V. I. (1979) “²tas”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 234
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “тас”, 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
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “թաս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 157a
  • Lokotsch, Karl (1927) Etymologisches Wörterbuch der europäischen Wörter orientalischen Ursprungs (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, § 2044, pages 160–161

Ottoman Turkish

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طاس

Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian طاس (tâs, cup, bowl), itself from Arabic طَاس (ṭās, bowl, cup).

Noun

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طاس (tas) (definite accusative طاسی (tası), plural طاسلر (taslar))

  1. cup, a concave vessel for drinking, usually made of opaque material and with a handle
    Synonym: فنجان (fincan)
  2. bowl, a roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as soup
    Synonym: كاسه (kâse)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: tas
  • Albanian: tas
  • Bulgarian: тас (tas)
  • Greek: τάσι (tási)
  • Romanian: tas
  • Serbo-Croatian:

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Persian

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Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? tās
Dari reading? tās
Iranian reading? tâs
Tajik reading? tos

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic طاس (ṭās). Doublet of طشت (tašt), تشت (tašt).

Noun

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طاس (tâs) (plural طاس‌ها (tâs-hâ))

  1. (archaic) cup
  2. (archaic) bowl
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Etymology 2

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From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (tʾs /⁠tās⁠/, die).

Noun

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طاس (tâs) (plural طاس‌ها (tâs-hâ))

  1. die, dice
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References

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  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “tās”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 82

Etymology 3

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Adjective

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طاس (tâs)

  1. bald
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Note 1