tanış

Meaning

tanışmak

  1. (reciprocal) to meet (for the first time)
  2. (reciprocal) to rub elbows with (someone)

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
[tɑ.ˈnɯʃ]
Etymology

In summary

From the verb tanımak "to know, be familiar with" (compare Old Turkic [script needed] (tanï-, “know, be familiar”), from Proto-Turkic *tanu- (“to know”). Cognate with Azerbaijani tanış, Kazakh таныс (tanys), Kyrgyz тааныш (taanış), Uzbek tanish (“known, acquainted”), Bashkir таныш (tanış), etc.

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