шагай

Mongolian

Sides of an anklebone dice: camel, horse, sheep, goat (тэмээ, адуу, хонь and ямаа)

Alternative forms

• шаа (šaa)

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *sïgaï.

Perhaps a cognate of Proto-Turkic *siŋük (“bone”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Compare Mongghul shghai, Chuvash шӑмӑ (šămă).

Noun

шагай • (šagaj) (Mongolian spelling ᠱᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ (šag-a))

1. ankle
2. shagai (ankle bone of a sheep or goat which used in traditional Mongolian games and divination practices as a die)

Descendants

• → English: shagai

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʂɐˈɡaj]

Verb

шага́й • (šagáj)

1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of шага́ть (šagátʹ)