saiga

See also: Saiga and saïga

English

A saiga

Etymology

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

Noun

saiga (plural saigas)

  1. Saiga tatarica, an antelope which inhabits a vast area between Kalmykia, Kazakhstan, southern Siberia.
    Synonym: saiga antelope
    • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 205:
      Its ʽcore faunaʼ consisted of the woolly mammoth, woolly rhino, saiga, muskox and the arctic fox. All except the woolly rhino evolved in the northern Arctic, and all had been evolving for several million years before their modern forms appeared.

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Italian

Etymology

From Russian сайга́ (sajgá).

Noun

saiga f (plural saighe)

  1. saiga

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

saiga m (definite singular saigaen, indefinite plural saigaer, definite plural saigaene)

  1. saiga

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

saiga m (definite singular saigaen, indefinite plural saigaer or saigaar, definite plural saigaene or saigaane)

  1. saiga

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsaj.ɡɐ/ [ˈsaɪ̯.ɡɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsaj.ɡa/ [ˈsaɪ̯.ɡa]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈsaj.ɡɐ/ [ˈsaj.ɣɐ]

  • Hyphenation: sai‧ga

Noun

saiga f (plural saigas)

  1. saiga (Saiga tatarica, an antelope of Siberia)

Spanish

Noun

saiga m (plural saigas)

  1. saiga

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