telega

See also: Telega, téléga, and телега

English
A telega in 1914

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɪˈleɪɡə/

Noun

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, Second 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.

Translations

Anagrams

Old Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian телега (telega) First attested in 1480..[1]

Noun

telega f

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

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

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish telega, from Russian телега (telega) First attested in 1480..[1]

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

Noun

telega f

  1. (historical) telega (simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs)
    • 1876, Konstanty Wolicki, Wspomnienia z czasow polytu w cytadeli warszawskiej i na Syberyi. (Erinnerungen aus den Zeiten des Aufenthaltes in der Warschauer Cittadelle und in Sibirien.) pol, 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 […]

Declension
Declension of telega
singular plural
nominative telega telegi
genitive telegi teleg
dative teledze telegom
accusative telegę telegi
instrumental telegą telegami
locative teledze telegach
vocative telego telegi

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

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /teˈlɛ.ɡɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /teˈlɛ.ɡa/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɨˈlɛ.ɡɐ/ [tɨˈlɛ.ɣɐ]

Noun

telega f (plural telegas)

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

Swedish

Alternative forms
  • teljega

Etymology

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

Noun

telega c

  1. a telega, a Russian 4-wheeled cart

Declension
Declension of telega 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative telega telegan telegor telegorna
Genitive telegas telegans telegors telegornas

References
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