саксаул

Russian

Etymology

Ultiamately Mongolic, compare Mongolian заг (zag), Kalmyk за (za).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [səksɐˈuɫ]

Noun

саксау́л • (saksaúl) m inan (genitive саксау́ла, nominative plural саксау́лы, genitive plural саксау́лов)

  1. saxaul (any of three species of the amaranth genus Haloxylon)

Declension

References

  1. Tenišev E. R., editor (1984–2006), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages:] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 133
  2. Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 396b
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