таз

• IPA^(key): [tas]

таз • (taz) f (demonstrative)

1. (regional, nonstandard or poetic) Alternative form of тази (tazi) (the feminine singular of този (tozi)); this, this one, that, that one, the one, she

   Каква е таз книга?

   Kakva e taz kniga?

   What is this book?

Таз (Taz) and the other shortened demonstrative pronouns (тоз (toz), туй (tuj), тез (tez), оназ (onaz), онуй (onuj), онез (onez)) are used in the Eastern Bulgarian dialects and are not considered standard. They can also be found in poetry (see quotations) where the number of syllables is important and these pronouns are one syllable shorter than their corresponding standard forms.

• 1873, Hristo Botev, “Hadzhi Dimitar”, Nezavisimost (newspaper):

  Грей и ти, слънце,
  в таз робска земя!

  Grej i ti, slǎnce,
  v taz robska zemja!

  And you, sun,
  Shine on that slavish land!

• 1867, Hristo Botev, “To My Mother”, Gayda (newspaper):

  […] та туй сърце младо, таз душа страдна
  да се оплачат тебе горкана […]

  […] ta tuj sǎrce mlado, taz duša stradna
  da se oplačat tebe gorkana […]

  So this young heart, this suffering soul
  Might seek your solace, poor wretch...

Borrowed from Russian таз (taz).

таз • (taz) m

1. (anatomy) pelvis

• “таз”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “таз”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “таз”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 753

• таз- (taz-)

Borrowed from Russian таз (taz).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaz/, [ˈtäz]
• Hyphenation: таз

таз • (taz)

1. basin, tub

• Bubrikh, Dmitry V. (1949) Грамматика литературного коми языка [Grammar of the literary Komi language] (in Russian), Leningrad: Zhdanov Leningrad State University, page 31
• L. M. Beznosikova, E. A. Ajbabina, R. I. Kosnyreva (2000) Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], →ISBN, page 630

• IPA^(key): [tas]
• Rhymes: -as

Таз

Inherited from Old East Slavic тазъ (tazŭ), a Turkic borrowing. Compare Crimean Tatar tas, Turkish tas, Tatar тас (tas), etc. Ultimately from Persian تاس (tâs).

таз • (taz) m inan (genitive та́за, nominative plural тазы́, genitive plural тазо́в, relational adjective та́зовый, diminutive та́зик)

1. basin (a wide, relatively shallow vessel, e.g. for washing or cooking)
2. (anatomy) pelvis

• → Ingrian: taazi, taazu, taasi
• → Kildin Sami: та̄сс (tāss)
• → Komi-Zyrian: таз (taz)

From Chinese 韃子／鞑子 (dázi), originally meaning any foreign ethnic group in Northern China, from Chinese 韃靼／鞑靼 (dádá), from Old Turkic 𐱃𐱃𐰺 (t¹t¹r¹).

таз • (taz) m anim (genitive та́за, nominative plural та́зы, genitive plural та́зов, feminine тазо́вка, relational adjective та́зовский)

1. member of the Taz ethnicity

Humorous alteration of ВАЗ (VAZ), the main factory manufacturing Lada-brand automobiles, influenced by the noun таз (taz, “basin”) with the implied sense of “low-tech metal item” or “rustbucket”.

таз • (taz) m inan (genitive та́за, nominative plural та́зы, genitive plural та́зов, diminutive та́зик)

1. (slang) a Lada automobile

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “таз”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “таз”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 224