The Turkish language originated in the Altai mountain range in northern Siberia centuries ago.
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Altai
Synonyms for "altai" (2 found)
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Proper Noun(1 words)
Related words (1)
Proper Noun(1 words)
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49 translations across 41 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- أَلْتَاي name (mountain range)
- أَلْطَاي name (mountain range)
Armenian
1 entries- Ալթայ name (mountain range)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- Altay name (mountain range)
Belarusian
1 entries- Алта́й name (mountain range)
Bengali
1 entries- আলতাই name (mountain range)
Bulgarian
1 entries- Алта́й name (mountain range)
Buryat
1 entries- Алтай name (mountain range)
Catalan
1 entries- Altai name (mountain range)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 阿爾泰 /阿尔泰 name (mountain range)
- 阿爾泰 /阿尔泰 name (a city in Mongolia)
Czech
1 entries- Altaj name (mountain range)
Estonian
1 entries- Altai name (mountain range)
Finnish
1 entries- Altai name (mountain range)
French
1 entries- Altaï name (mountain range)
Georgian
1 entries- ალთაი name (mountain range)
German
1 entries- Altai name (mountain range)
Hebrew
1 entries- אלטאי name (mountain range)
Hindi
1 entries- अल्ताई name (mountain range)
Hungarian
1 entries- Altaj name (mountain range)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- آلْتای name (mountain range)
Japanese
1 entries- アルタイ name (mountain range)
Kalmyk
1 entries- Алта name (mountain range)
Kazakh
2 entries- Алтай name (mountain range)
- التاي name (mountain range)
Korean
1 entries- 알타이 name (mountain range)
Macedonian
1 entries- Алтај name (mountain range)
Manchu
1 entries- ᠠᠯᡨᠠᡳ name (mountain range)
Mongolian
4 entries- Алтай name (mountain range)
- Алтай name (a city in Mongolia)
- ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠢ name (mountain range)
- ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠢ name (a city in Mongolia)
Old Turkic
1 entries- 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣:𐰖𐰃𐱁 name (mountain range)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- آلتای name (mountain range)
Polish
1 entries- Ałtaj name (mountain range)
Portuguese
1 entries- Altai name (mountain range)
Russian
2 entries- Алта́й name (mountain range)
- Алта́й name (a city in Mongolia)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- Altaj name (mountain range)
- Алтај name (mountain range)
Southern Altai
1 entries- Алтай name (mountain range)
Tajik
1 entries- Олтой name (mountain range)
Thai
1 entries- อัลไต name (mountain range)
Turkish
1 entries- Altay name (mountain range)
Tuvan
1 entries- Алдай name (mountain range)
Ukrainian
1 entries- Алта́й name (mountain range)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئالتاي name (mountain range)
Vietnamese
1 entries- Altay name (mountain range)
Written Oirat
1 entries- ᠠᠯᡐᠠᡅ name (mountain range)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Deep in the Altai Mountains, where Russia, China, Kazakhstan and Mongolia meet, Kazakh people have for centuries developed and nurtured a special bond with golden eagles, training the birds to hunt foxes and other small animals.
Source: wiktionary
Set dramatically on a dry plain, with high snow-capped peaks in the distance, is the provincial capital Altai, located 1,005 kilometres west of Ulaanbaatar. Before 1960, it was known as Yösön Bulag (the ‘nine springs’). This town of 15,000 people sits at 2,160 metres above sea level, making it the highest city in the country.
Source: wiktionary
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