саха

See also: Саха

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Yakut саха́ (saqá).

Pronunciation

Noun

саха́ • (saxá) ? (indeclinable)

  1. Sakha (person, people or language)
    наро́д саха́ ― naród saxá ― Sakha people
    язы́к саха́ ― jazýk saxá ― Sakha language

Synonyms

Adjective

саха́ • (saxá) (indeclinable)

  1. Sakha
    Synonym: яку́тский (jakútskij)

Yakut

Etymology

From earlier *čaqa < *ǰaqa, from Proto-Turkic *yaka (“collar; edge”). Doublet of саҕа (sağa, “collar”). Compare Dolgan һака (“haka”) and Turkish yaka (“collar”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sa.qa/, [sä.χä], [sä.qä]

Noun

саха • (saqa)

  1. the Sakha (Yakuts)
    саха омук ― saqa omuk ― the Sakha people
  2. short for саха киһи (saqa kihi): a Sakha (Yakut) person
  3. short for саха тыла (saqa tıla): the Sakha (Yakut) language
    сахалаа ― saqalaa ― to speak Sakha
    сахалыы ― saqalıı ― in Sakha (literally, “speaking Sakha”)

Derived terms
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