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tas.

bag

3 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/tɑs/
  1. bag

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch tassche, tasche, from Old Dutch *taska, from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *taska, from Proto-Germanic *taskǭ. Compare Old High German tasca (modern German Tasche), Middle Low German taske, English tasse.

noun/tɑs/
  1. cup (like a cup of coffee or tea)

    Belgium · feminine
Where this word comes from

From French tasse, from Arabic طَاس (ṭās) (a shortening of طَسْت (ṭast)), from Middle Persian tšt' (tašt).

noun/tɑs/
  1. heap

    dialectal · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch tas, tasse, from Old Dutch *tas, *tasso, compare Old English tas and English tass (from Frankish), from Proto-Germanic *tassaz (“pile, heap”), Proto-Indo-European *dāy- (“to divide, split, section, part, separate”).

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