сах

Yakut

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *čiāk (“time; precisely, exactly”) — see Kazakh шақ (şaq, “time”), Kyrgyz чак (çak), for more cognates — making this word a false cognate with Russian час (čas, “time, hour”), itself the source of Yakut чаас (çaas, “hour”)..

Noun

сах • (sax)

  1. time
    бу сахха ― bu saxxa ― at this time
    хайа сахтан? ― xaya saxtan? ― since when?
    күөх сах ― küöx sax ― midsummer
    See synonyms at кэм (kem).

Etymology 2

Related with Turkish yakmak (see there for more cognates).

Verb

сах • (sax)

  1. to strike (fire)
  2. (by extension, as саҕан + a verb) to do something persistently

Etymology 3

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Interjection

сах • (sax)

  1. (vulgar) damn, dammit (see the below, and compare the old-fashioned English expression "the devil take (him/her/it)")

Noun

сах • (sax)

  1. devil
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