сая

Buryat

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Mongolian ᠰᠠᠶ᠎ᠠ (say-a, “million”), from Classical Tibetan ས་ཡ (sa ya, “million”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sä.jä/, [sä̟.jɐ]
• Hyphenation: са‧я

Noun

сая • (saja)

1. million

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	سايا
Cyrillic	сая
Latin	saia

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سایه (sāyah /⁠sāya⁠/, “shadow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɑ̝̙.jɑ̝̙]
• Hyphenation: са‧я

Noun

сая • (saä)

1. shadow

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• көлеңке (köleñke)

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠰᠠᠶ᠎ᠠ (say-a)	сая (saja)

Mongolian numbers ^(edit)

←  1,000	←  100,000	1,000,000 (106)	10,000,000 (107)  →	1,000,000,000 (109)  →
Cardinal: сая (saja)     Attributive: сая (saja)     Ordinal: саядугаар (sajadugaar), сая дахь (saja daxʹ)     Adverbial: саятаа (sajataa)     Approximative: саяад (sajaad)     Collective: саяуул (sajauul)     Maximative: саяар (sajaar)

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠰᠠᠶ᠎ᠠ (say-a, “million”), from Classical Tibetan ས་ཡ (sa ya, “million”). Cognate with Mongghul sayaa.

Pronunciation

• (Khalkha) IPA^(key): [sʰäj]
• Hyphenation: сая

Numeral

сая • (saja)

1. million

References

• сая in Болор толь (Bolor tolʹ, “Bolor Dictionary”)