different between taj vs taw

English

Etymology

Arabic ????? (t?j) from Persian ???? (t?j, “crown”). Doublet of tag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??d?/, (hyperforeign) /t???/
• Rhymes: -??d?

Noun

taj (plural tajes)

1. A tall brimless hat, usually conical or curved on top, worn in Muslim countries as a sign of distinction and prestige.
2. (historical) A crown worn by Indian princes as a sign of high rank.

See also

• Taj Mahal

Anagrams

• JTA, Jat, jat

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taj/
• Rhymes: -aj

Etymology 1

Noun

taj m inan

1. secret

See also

• tajemství
• tajnost
• záhada

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

taj

1. second-person singular imperative of tát

Further reading

• taj in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• taj in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Emilian

Alternative forms

• tâi (Bolognese)
• tàj (Reggiano, Modenese, Carpigiano)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tàj

Noun

taj m (plural taj) (Mirandola)

1. wound; twinge

Synonyms

• ?gurbiòt (Bolognese)
• ?brêg (Bolognese)
• ?brêgh (Reggiano)
• ?brègh (Modenese)
• ?brêg (Carpigiano)
• ?brag (Mirandolese)
• sbuzòt (Bolognese)
• sfrî? (Reggiano)
• sfrî? (Carpigiano, Mirandolese)
• frîda (Bolognese, Reggiano)
• frida (Modenese)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taj/

Verb

taj

1. second-person singular imperative of tai?

Verb

taj

1. second-person singular imperative of taja?

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tâ?j/

Pronoun

t?j (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. (medial demonstrative) that (one), the aforementioned (one)

Declension

Related terms

• òn?j
• òv?j

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t??/
• Homophone: tau

Etymology 1

From Middle English tawen, from Old English tawian (“to do, make”), from Proto-Germanic *tawjan? (“to make, prepare”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewh?- (“to tie to, secure”).

Cognate with Dutch touwen (“to rope, tether, curry”), Dutch tuien (“to fasten with ropes”), German Tau (“rope, hawser, cable”), Gothic ???????????????????????? (taujan, “to make, prepare”). Related to tool and tether.

Verb

taw (third-person singular simple present taws, present participle tawing, simple past and past participle tawed)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew.
2. (transitive, by extension) To beat; to scourge.
3. (transitive) To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, etc., by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them.
   1. (transitive) To turn (animals' hide) into leather, usually by soaking it in a certain solution.

Related terms

• tool

Noun

taw

1. (obsolete) Tawed leather.

Derived terms

• tawse

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

taw (plural taws)

1. A favorite marble in the game of marbles.
   • 1922 , James Joyce, Ulysses, chapter V:^[1]

     Near the timberyard a squatted child at marbles, alone, shooting the taw with a cunnythumb.

2. A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.
3. (square dancing) A dance partner.

   Walk around your corner; see-saw around your taw.

4. A favorite person; beloved, partner, spouse.

Verb

taw (third-person singular simple present taws, present participle tawing, simple past and past participle tawed)

1. To shoot a marble.

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• tav
• taf

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ta?/

Noun

taw (plural taws)

1. The 22nd and last letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, and Arabic.

Translations

Further reading

• taw on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 4

Compare tew (“to tow”), and tow.

Alternative forms

• tawe (obsolete)

Verb

taw (third-person singular simple present taws, present participle tawing, simple past and past participle tawed)

1. To push; to tug; to tow.

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References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• ATW, AWT, TWA, Twa, WAT, WTA, Wat, wat

Ili Turki

Noun

taw

1. mountain

References

• Zhào Xi?ngrú and Reinhard F. Hahn (1989). "The Ili Turk People and Their Language". Central Asiatic Journal.

Tatar

Noun

taw

1. mountain

Welsh

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *t?ti (“to be (stative)”) (compare Old Irish at·tá, Irish tá), from Proto-Indo-European *steh?- (“to stand”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ta?u?/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /tau?/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ta/, /t?/

Conjunction

taw

1. (South Wales) that (introduces a noun clause, marking it for emphasis)
   • 1990, Y Faner, p. 8:

Synonyms

• (formal) (North Wales, colloquial) mai

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *tawsos (“silent”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh?ws- (“still, silent”) (compare Sanskrit ???????? (t????m, “silently”)).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ta?u?/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /tau?/

Noun

taw m (uncountable)

1. silence

Derived terms

• distaw (“quiet, silent”)
• rhoi taw ar (“to silence”)

Etymology 3

Verb

taw

1. second-person singular imperative of tewi

Mutation

References

Wolof

Verb

taw

1. to rain