telega

From mid-16th century Russian теле́га (teléga), probably from Khazar.

• IPA^(key): /tɪˈleɪɡə/

telega (plural telegas or telegi)

1. A simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs.
   • 1868, “Route 25: London to Pekin […] ”, in Handbook for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, page 329:

     Three kinds of conveyances are available: the telega, or cart without springs, which has to be changed at every station, and for which a charge of about 8d. is made at every stage; the kibitka, or cart (in winter a sledge) with a hood; and the tarantas, a kind of carriage on wooden springs, which admits of the traveller lying down full length, and which can be made very comfortable at night.

• Legate, Teagle, eaglet, gelate, legate, teagle

• talaga

Borrowed from Old Ruthenian телѣга (telěha) First attested in 1480.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /tɛlʲɛɡa/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /tɛlʲɛɡa/

telega f

1. telega (simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs)

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “telega”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Inherited from Old Polish telega, from Old Ruthenian телѣга (telěha).[1]

• IPA^(key): /tɛˈlɛ.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -ɛɡa
• Syllabification: te‧le‧ga

telega f

1. (historical) telega (simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs)
   • 1876, Konstanty Wolicki, Wspomnienia z czasów pobytu w cytadeli warszawskiej i na Syberyi. (Erinnerungen aus den Zeiten des Aufenthaltes in der Warschauer Cittadelle und in Sibirien.), page 57:

     Dwie telegi tego rodzaju zastaliśmy przed więzieniem w wewnętrznym jego dziedzińcu […]

     We found two telegas of this kind in front of the prison in its inner courtyard […]

• telega in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego/telega on the Polish Wikisource.Wikisource ^pl

telega f (plural telegas)

1. telega (a type of simple four-wheeled cart used in Russia)

• teljega

From Russian теле́га (teléga), used in Swedish since 1877.

telega c

1. a telega, a Russian 4-wheeled cart

• telega in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Teljega in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1919)