Baikal
English
Etymology
From Russian Байка́л (Bajkál, “Baikal”), from Buryat Байгал нуур (Bajgal nuur, “Lake Baikal”), perhaps ultimately from the Turkic *bāy (“rich”), and *köl, *kȫl (“lake”),[1][2] with reference to the abundance of high-quality salmon in the lake. The Turkic origin is rejected by Vasmer.[3] Native Mongolic origins have also been proposed.
Proper noun
Baikal
Lake Baikal
- A large freshwater lake in Siberia, Russia.
- [1767, Annual register, or a view of the history and politics and literature for the year, page 38, column 2:
- Of the Mongall Tartars.
The Mongalls are a numerous people, and occupy a large extent of country, from this place to the Kallgan, which ſignifies the everlaſting Wall, or the great wall of China. From this wall they ſtretch themſelves northward as far as the river Amoor; and from the Amoor, weſtward, to the Baykail ſea ; where they border with the territories of the Kontayſha, or prince of the black Kalmucks. On the fouth, they are bounded by a nation called Tonguts, among whom the Delay Lama has his residence.]
Synonyms
- Lake Baikal (common form found in English)
- North Sea (from East Asian poetry and fiction)
Derived terms
- Baikalia
- Baikalian
- Baikal Mountains
- Baikal seal
- Transbaikal
Translations
a large lake in Russia
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See also
- Khövsgöl Nuur ("younger sister" of Baikal)
References
- Krech, Shepard (2003) Encyclopedia of World Environmental History: F-N, Routledge, page 745
- Janhunen (1996, 139-41), in: Maria Magdolna Tatár, Köl "lake, flood, source, moor" in Northem Mongolian Hydronyms. Turcological Letters to Bernt Brendemoen, The Institute for Comparative Researchin Human Culture, Oslo 2009. p.329.
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Байкал”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɑi̯kɑl/, [ˈbɑ̝i̯kɑ̝l]
- Rhymes: -ɑikɑl
- Syllabification(key): Bai‧kal
Declension
| Inflection of Baikal (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | Baikal | — | ||
| genitive | Baikalin | — | ||
| partitive | Baikalia | — | ||
| illative | Baikaliin | — | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | Baikal | — | ||
| accusative | nom. | Baikal | — | |
| gen. | Baikalin | |||
| genitive | Baikalin | — | ||
| partitive | Baikalia | — | ||
| inessive | Baikalissa | — | ||
| elative | Baikalista | — | ||
| illative | Baikaliin | — | ||
| adessive | Baikalilla | — | ||
| ablative | Baikalilta | — | ||
| allative | Baikalille | — | ||
| essive | Baikalina | — | ||
| translative | Baikaliksi | — | ||
| abessive | Baikalitta | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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