Baikal
English
editEtymology
editFrom Russian Байка́л (Bajkál, “Baikal”), from Buryat Байгал нуур (Bajgal nuur, “Lake Baikal”), perhaps ultimately from the Turkic *bāy (“rich”), and *köl, *kȫl (“lake”),[1][2] with reference to the abundance of high-quality salmon in the lake. The Turkic origin is rejected by Vasmer.[3] Native Mongolic origins have also been proposed.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editBaikal
- A large freshwater lake in Siberia, Russia.
- [1767, Annual register, or a view of the history and politics and literature for the year[2], page 38, column 2:
- Of the Mongall Tartars.
The Mongalls are a numerous people, and occupy a large extent of country, from this place to the Kallgan, which ſignifies the everlaſting Wall, or the great wall of China. From this wall they ſtretch themſelves northward as far as the river Amoor; and from the Amoor, weſtward, to the Baykail ſea ; where they border with the territories of the Kontayſha, or prince of the black Kalmucks. On the fouth, they are bounded by a nation called Tonguts, among whom the Delay Lama has his residence.]
Synonyms
edit- Lake Baikal (common form found in English)
- North Sea (from East Asian poetry and fiction)
Derived terms
editTranslations
edita large lake in Russia
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See also
edit- Khövsgöl Nuur ("younger sister" of Baikal)
References
edit- ^ Krech, Shepard (2003) Encyclopedia of World Environmental History: F-N[1], Routledge, page 745
- ^ Janhunen (1996, 139-41), in: Maria Magdolna Tatár, Köl "lake, flood, source, moor" in Northem Mongolian Hydronyms. Turcological Letters to Bernt Brendemoen, The Institute for Comparative Researchin Human Culture, Oslo 2009. p.329.
- ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Байкал”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Russian Байка́л (Bajkál).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editBaikal
- Baikal (lake)
Declension
editInflection of Baikal (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Baikal | — | |
genitive | Baikalin | — | |
partitive | Baikalia | — | |
illative | Baikaliin | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Baikal | — | |
accusative | nom. | Baikal | — |
gen. | Baikalin | ||
genitive | Baikalin | — | |
partitive | Baikalia | — | |
inessive | Baikalissa | — | |
elative | Baikalista | — | |
illative | Baikaliin | — | |
adessive | Baikalilla | — | |
ablative | Baikalilta | — | |
allative | Baikalille | — | |
essive | Baikalina | — | |
translative | Baikaliksi | — | |
abessive | Baikalitta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms
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Portuguese
editPronunciation
edit
Proper noun
editBaikal m
- Alternative spelling of Baical
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Russian
- English terms derived from Russian
- English terms derived from Buryat
- English terms derived from Turkic languages
- English terms derived from Mongolic languages
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Lakes
- en:Places in Russia
- English terms with quotations
- Finnish terms derived from Russian
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑikɑl
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑikɑl/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish paperi-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Rhymes:Portuguese/al
- Rhymes:Portuguese/al/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Portuguese/aw
- Rhymes:Portuguese/aw/2 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese terms spelled with K
- Portuguese masculine nouns