Altai

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Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage Mongolian, Kazakh
Scripts Алтай(Mongolian Cyrillic, Kazakh)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈaɮ.tʰɛː/(Mongolian) /ɑːl.ˈtaɪ/(English)  [key·simplify]
Other Forms FormsAltay

Meaning & History

From the name of a mountain range that runs through Central and Eastern Asia, itself meaning "golden mountain", related to Turkic altun meaning "gold" (compare Mongolian altan "golden") and dağ meaning "mountain".
Added 8/24/2024 by jocatchi
Edited 8/25/2024 by jocatchi