чехарда
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A Kipchak borrowing, in recent Tatar шыгырдий (şığırdiy), derived from шыгырдау (şığırdaw, “to craunch”), after onomatopoeic interjection шыгыр (şığır), шағыр akin to Chuvash шăкăр (šăkăr), Turkmen шығыр.
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чехарда́ • (čexardá) f inan (genitive чехарды́, uncountable)
- leapfrog (children's game)
- Synonyms: лю́ди-ло́шади (ljúdi-lóšadi), слон (slon)
- confusion, mess