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tähti

Pronunciation: /ˈtæhti/

“tähti” is a Finnish word. Its 9 meanings in English:

noun

  1. star (luminous dot)
  2. star (astronomical object)
  3. star (shape, symbol or ornament)
  4. a famous person, celebrity, star
  5. star
  6. a white spot on the forehead of a horse
  7. star, asterisk
  8. asterisk (placed over the diskos)
  9. mark, spot

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tähti, from Proto-Finno-Permic *täštä. Cognate to Karelian tähti, Estonian täht and Erzya теште (tešte). Sense 4 is a semantic loan from English star.

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