сах

Yakut

Etymology 1

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

Noun

сах • (saq)

1. time

   See synonyms at кэм (kem).

   бу сахха ― bu saqqa ― at this time

   хайа сахтан? ― qaya saqtan? ― since when?

   күөх сах ― küöq saq ― midsummer

Etymology 2

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

Verb

сах • (saq)

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

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Interjection

сах • (saq)

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

Noun

сах • (saq)

1. devil