Saiga

See also: saiga and saïga

Translingual

Saiga tatarica

Etymology

From Russian сайга́ (sajgá), alternative form of сайга́к (sajgák), from Chagatai سایغاق (saiɣak, “chamois”).

Proper noun

Saiga f

A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – the saiga antelopes.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Artiodactyla - order; Bovidae - family; Antilopinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Saiga borealis (Mongolian saiga), Saiga tatarica (steppe saiga) - species

References

Saiga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Saiga on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Saiga on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Saiga in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
Saiga at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Saiga at Encyclopedia of Life
Saiga at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Saiga at International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species
Saiga at Paleobiology Database

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian сайга́ (sajgá), from сайга́к (sajgák), from Chagatai سایغاق (saiɣak).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈzaɪ̯ɡa/
Hyphenation: Sai‧ga

Noun

Saiga f (genitive Saiga, plural Saigas)

saiga
Synonym: Saigaantilope

Declension

Declension of Saiga [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Saiga	die	Saigas
genitive	einer	der	Saiga	der	Saigas
dative	einer	der	Saiga	den	Saigas
accusative	eine	die	Saiga	die	Saigas

Further reading

“Saiga” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Saiga” in Duden online
“Saiga”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
“Saiga” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

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