Name Altai Gender Masculine & Feminine Usage Mongolian, Kazakh Scripts Алтай(Mongolian Cyrillic, Kazakh) Pronounced Pron. /ˈaɮ.tʰɛː/(Mongolian) /ɑːl.ˈtaɪ/(English) Other Forms FormsAltay Edit Status Status 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".