Unitaz - Karandash

[lino59 at AMERITECH.NET]

There's an interesting ( to some? to me?) discussion of this etymology in 
the last section of this article beginning with Показательна в 
этом отношении этимология слова 
карандашhttp://www.relga.rsu.ru/n37/rus37.htm:

http://www.relga.rsu.ru/n37/rus37.htm


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>Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:35:40 -0700
>From: augerot <bigjim at U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
>Subject: Re: Unitaz = "Universal'nyi Taz" = Toilet Bowl
>
>карандаш. Definition from Wiktionary, a free 
dictionary ... [edit] Etymology. From Turkish kara (black) + >taÅŸ 
(stone). [edit] Noun. карандаш (karandáš) m. 
...
>
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