Sachalin

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsaxalɪn]

Proper noun

Sachalin m inan

1. Sakhalin (the largest island of Russia, off its eastern coast)

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaxaˈliːn/

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Proper noun

Sachalin n (proper noun, genitive Sachalins or (optionally with an article) Sachalin)

1. Sakhalin (a large island and region in eastern Russia)

See also

• Kamtschatka

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Сахали́н (Saxalín), from Manchu ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ (sahaliyan, “black”), probably from the expression ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ
ᡠᠯᠠ
ᠠᡢᡤᠠ
ᡥᠠᡩ᠋ᠠ (sahaliyan ula aᡢga hada, “the peak at the estuary of the Amur river”), from Jurchen 撒哈良 (sa-ha-liang /⁠saxalian⁠/, “black”), from Proto-Tungusic *sakarīn (“black”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈxa.lin/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -alin
• Syllabification: Sa‧cha‧lin

Proper noun

Sachalin m inan

1. Sakhalin (the largest island of Russia, off its eastern coast)
2. Sakhalin (an oblast of Russia)

Declension

Declension of Sachalin

	singular
nominative	Sachalin
genitive	Sachalinu
dative	Sachalinowi
accusative	Sachalin
instrumental	Sachalinem
locative	Sachalinie
vocative	Sachalinie

Further reading

• Sachalin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Proper noun

Sachalin n

1. Sakhalin (Russian island)