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

   Synonym: яку́тский (jakútskij)

Yakut

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̽.qɑ̽/, [sɑ̽.qᵡɑ̽], [sɑ̽.χɑ̽]

• Hyphenation: са‧ха

Noun

саха • (saqa)

1. the Sakha (Yakuts)

   саха омук ― saqa omuk ― the Sakha people

2. short for саха киһи (saqa kihi): a Sakha (Yakut) person
3. short for саха тыла (saqa tıla): the Sakha (Yakut) language

   сахалаа ― saqalaa ― to speak Sakha

   сахалыы ― saqalıı ― in Sakha (literally, “speaking Sakha”)

Derived terms

• Саха (Saqa)
• сахалаа (saqalaa)