saxaul

English

Wikispecies

black saxaul (H. ammodendron)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Russian саксау́л (saksaúl), via a Turkic variety (cf. Bashkir саҡсауыл (saqsawıl), Kazakh сексеуіл (sekseuıl)), ultimately from Kalmyk [script needed] (zaɣzāml̥, “a bush growing in the desert”),[1] compare Mongolian заг (zag, “saxaul”), Kalmyk за (za).[2][3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsæksɔːl/

Noun

saxaul (plural saxauls)

  1. Either of two species of the amaranth genus Haloxylon: Haloxylon ammodendron (syn. Haloxylon aphyllum; black saxaul) and Haloxylon persicum (white saxaul), found in sandy habitats from Egypt to Mongolia and China.

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References
  1. Ramstedt G. J. Kalmykisches Wörterbuch. Helsinki, Druckerei A. G. Der Finnischen Literarurgesellschaft, 1935, 560 p., page 463b
  2. Tenišev E. R., editor (1984–2006), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages:] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 133
  3. Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 396b
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