саха

See also: Саха

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Yakut саха́ (saqá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɐˈxa]
• Homophones: Саха́ (Saxá), соха́ (soxá)

Noun

саха́ • (saxá) ? (indeclinable)

1. Sakha (person, people or language)

   наро́д саха́ ― naród saxá ― Sakha people

   язы́к саха́ ― jazýk saxá ― Sakha language

Synonyms

• (person): яку́т m (jakút), яку́тка f (jakútka)
• (language): яку́тский (jakútskij)

Related terms

• Саха́ (Saxá)

Adjective

саха́ • (saxá) (indeclinable)

1. Sakha

Synonyms

• яку́тский (jakútskij)

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Yakut

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saxa/

Noun

саха • (saqa)

1. Yakut (person)

   саха киһи ― saqa kihi ― a Yakut person

2. (collective) Yakuts (people)

   саха омук ― saqa omuk ― the Yakut people

   саха тыла ― saqa tıla ― the Yakut language (literally, “the language of the Yakuts”)

Synonyms

• дьокуут (jokuut)

Derived terms

• Саха (Saqa)
• сахалаа (saqalaa)