Mongolian etymology :

Proto-Mongolian: *tarbagaj

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: carpenter's axe

Russian meaning: плотницкий топор

Buriat: tarbagaj hüxe

Altaic etymology :

Proto-Altaic: *t`ĕ̀rbò

Nostratic: Nostratic

Meaning: a big cutting instrument

Russian meaning: большой режущий инструмент

Turkic: *törpi-gü

Mongolian: *tarbagaj

Tungus-Manchu: *terin

Japanese: *tàtì

Comments: One should also note Ul. tarpigda 'a k. of knife' (ТМС 2, 169; from a Mong. form like *tarpagaj?).

Turkic etymology :

Proto-Turkic: *törpi-gü

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: file, rasp

Russian meaning: напильник

Karakhanid: törpigü (MK)

Turkish: törpü

Middle Turkic: dörbi (Pav. C.)

Azerbaidzhan: törpü

Turkmen: törpi

Tuva: dürbǖ

Kirghiz: türpü

Kazakh: türpi

Noghai: türpi

Bashkir: törpö (dial.)

Gagauz: törpü

Karakalpak: türpi

Comments: VEWT 495, EDT 533.

Tungus etymology :

Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *terin

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: back of axe

Russian meaning: обух (топора)

Evenki: terin

Even: terъn

Negidal: tejin

Literary Manchu: teru 'шпенек у мотовила; anus'

Orok: terkile- 'hit with back of axe'

Nanai: teri(n)

Comments: ТМС 2, 239.

Japanese etymology :

Proto-Japanese: *tàtì

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: big sword

Russian meaning: большой меч

Old Japanese: tati

Middle Japanese: tàtì

Tokyo: táchi

Kyoto: táchì

Kagoshima: tachí

Comments: JLTT 543.

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *ṭVr(w)V

Meaning: cutting instrument

Altaic: *t`ĕ̀rbò

Uralic: *terä

Dravidian: *ter_-V-

Uralic etymology :

Number: 1063

Proto: *terä

> Nostratic: > Nostratic

English meaning: blade, tip

German meaning: Schneide, Spitze

Finnish: terä 'Schneide, Schärfe, Spitze, Gipfel'

Estonian: tera

Saam (Lapp): dærre -ǣr- (N) 'edge-side, the whole of the thin part of an axe', tierre (T), tie_irr (Kld. Not.) 'Klinge (eines Messers)'

Mari (Cheremis): ter (KB), tür (U B) 'Schneide'

Udmurt (Votyak): tir (S G), ter (K) 'Axt, Beil'

Hungarian: tőr 'Dolch; (veralt.) 'Schwert; Pfrieme'

Dravidian etymology :

Proto-Dravidian : *ter_-V-

Meaning : to cut, severe

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Proto-South Dravidian: *ter_-i-

Proto-Telugu : *tre-

South Dravidian etymology :

Proto-South Dravidian : *ter_-i-

Meaning : to cut off

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : ter_i (-pp-, -tt-)

Tamil meaning : to burst asunder, snap in twain as a rope, split; break (tr.), cut

Malayalam : ter_ikka

Malayalam meaning : to cut off

Kannada : tir_i

Kannada meaning : to cut, cut off; n. cutting

Number in DED : 3437

Telugu etymology :

Proto-Telugu : *tre-

Meaning : to be cut, divided, or severed, snap (as a rope), be breached (as a dike)

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : tregu

Dialectal forms (1) : tegu

Dialectal forms (2) : treyyu

Additional forms : Also trevvu to be cut, (K also) be snapped (as a rope); [1] trencu, [2] tencu to snap, break, tear, cut, divide, sever (as a thread or string, etc.); [1] trempu, [2] tempu id.; n. state of being cut, divided, etc., discontinuity, pause

Number in DED : 3437

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