Tangut
/ˈtɑŋ.ɡʊt/noun, adjective
Tangut is spelled T-A-N-G-U-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Tangut means “A Qiangic people of mediaeval northern China” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Tangut is Tanguts.
How many letters and syllables are in Tangut?
| Letters | 6: T-A-N-G-U-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 50 million words; the 220,118th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is Tangut?
Tangut appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce Tangut?
- US /ˈtɑŋ.ɡʊt/
Tangut has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Tangut.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Tangut
- Tanguts plural
- more Tangut comparative
- most Tangut superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Tangut mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A Qiangic people of mediaeval northern China.
- 2
A member of the Tangut people.
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to the Tangut people, language or script.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tangut in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | Tangoutes , Tangoute |
| German | Tanguten , Tangute, Tangutin , tangutisch |
| Spanish | Tangut |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Tangut come from?
From a Middle Mongol exonym used by the Mongols, which would become the Classical Mongolian ᠲᠠᠩᠭᠤᠳ (tangɣud) that was phonetically transcribed in Ming-era Early Mandarin Chinese as 唐兀_惕 (/*tʰaŋ(ŋ)ut/) in the Chinese edition of the Secret History of the Mongols (《元朝秘史》). The designation ultimately derives from Old Turkic 𐱃𐰭𐰆𐱃 (t¹ŋwt¹) as attested in the 8th-century Bilgä Qaǧan stele. The English word, and similar forms in European languages, derives from Medieval Latin Tangut (*Tangunt in the Leiden manuscript) from the accounts of William of Rubruck compiled in the 1250s.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).