Wednesday, June 17, 2009

steel

taan : steel

The Tarijan word for steel is taan. Taan is a last name and a first name. Taan is a virtuosic technique used in North Indian classical vocal music.

In other languages:
In Yucatec Maya táan translates to chest, before, in front of. In Volapuk taan translates to adversary, opponent.

International locations:
Taan is the name of a city in China and Taan Valley is a town in Uganda.

How I came up with this word:
Taan is a mixture of the transliterated word for steel in Russian which is stal’ (сталь), and the transliterated word for steel in Mongolian which is gan (ган).

Saturday, June 13, 2009

brown

karichür : brown

The Tarijan word for the color brown is karichür.

How I came up with this word:
Karichür is a mixture of the transliterated word for brown in Russian which is karichnivih or korichnevayy (коричневый), and the transliterated word for brown in Mongolian which is khüren (хүрэн) or kürebtür.