Altyn (disambiguation)
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Altyn may refer to:
- AltynAltynAltyn is a historical Russian currency . The name seems similar to Tatar altın, meaning "gold", but this interpretation contradicts its more recent Russian history as a small three kopek silver, then copper, coin...
, a historical currency of Russia - altın, (алтын) the word for "goldGoldGold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a...
" in several Turkic languagesTurkic languagesThe Turkic languages constitute a language family of at least thirty five languages, spoken by Turkic peoples across a vast area from Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean to Siberia and Western China, and are considered to be part of the proposed Altaic language family.Turkic languages are spoken...
- Altyn Kyran (Алтын Кыран "Golden Eagle"), an order of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- Altyn-KölLake TeletskoyeLake Teletskoye is the largest lake in the Altay Mountains and the Altai Republic, Russia, and has a depth of up to 325 meters.Situated at a height of 434 m above sea level, the lake is long and wide and lies between the mountain ridges Korbu and Al-tyntu, on the junction of Sailughem Mountains...
"Golden Lake", a lake in the Altai Republic - Altan Orda, the Mongolian for Golden HordeGolden HordeThe Golden Horde was a Mongol and later Turkicized khanate that formed the north-western sector of the Mongol Empire...
- a minor Kazakh JüzJüzA jüz is one of the three main territorial divisions in the Kypchak Plain area that covers much of the contemporary Kazakhstan. Variably, a jüz is believed to be a confederation or alliance of Kazakh nomads...
"horde", numbering ca. 30,000 - Altyn-DepeAltyn-Depe' is a Bronze Age site in Turkmenistan, near Aşgabat, inhabited in the 3rd to 2nd millennia BC, abandoned around 1600 BC.Namazga V and Altyndepe were in contact with the Late Harappan culture , and Masson tends to identify the culture as Proto-Dravidian...
"Golden Hill", a site in Turkmenistan - the Altyn-TaghAltyn-TaghAltyn-Tagh, Astyn-Tagh, Altun Mountains, Altun Shan or Aerjin Shan Tagh proper is a part of the range south of Lop Nor), is a mountain range in northwestern China that separates the eastern Tarim Basin from the Tibetan Plateau...
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- Altyn-Tolobas, a novel by Boris AkuninBoris AkuninBoris Akunin is the pen name of Grigory Shalvovich Chkhartishvili , a Russian writer. He is an essayist, literary translator and writer of detective fiction.-Life and career:...
- Altyn-nuemba, the word to describe homophobia in Ancient Arabic