сайгак

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Chagatai سایغاق (saiɣak, a kind of chamois).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɐjˈɡak]

Noun

сайга́к • (sajgák) m anim (genitive сайга́ка, nominative plural сайга́ки, genitive plural сайга́ков)

  1. saiga (antelope)

Declension

Alternative forms

  • сайга́ (sajgá)

References

  1. Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сайга”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  2. Radloff, Friedrich Wilhelm (1911) Опыт словаря тюркских наречий – Versuch eines Wörterbuches der Türk-Dialecte [Attempt at a Lexicon of the Turkic Dialects], volume IV (overall work in German and Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 222
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