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Etymology edit

Ultiamately Mongolic, compare Mongolian заг (zag), Kalmyk за (za).[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

саксау́л (saksaúlm inan (genitive саксау́ла, nominative plural саксау́лы, genitive plural саксау́лов)

  1. saxaul (any of three species of the amaranth genus Haloxylon)

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References edit

  1. ^ Tenišev E. R., editor (1984–2006), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages:] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 133
  2. ^ Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 396b