Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *dīĺ ‎(“tooth”).

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] ‎(tiš, “tooth”), Kazakh тіс ‎(tis, “tooth”), Kyrgyz тиш ‎(tiş, “tooth”), Uzbek tish ‎(“tooth”), Uyghur چىش ‎(chish, “tooth”), Turkish diş ‎(“tooth”), Tuvan диш ‎(dïš, “tooth”), Yakut тиис ‎(tiis, “tooth”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɪ̞ʃ]
• Hyphenation: теш