Sachalin

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Сахали́н (Saxalín), from Manchu ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ (sahaliyan, “black”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsaxalɪn]
• Rhymes: -alɪn
• Hyphenation: Sa‧cha‧lin

Proper noun

Sachalin m inan (related adjective sachalinský)

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

Declension

Declension of Sachalin (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Sachalin
genitive	Sachalinu
dative	Sachalinu
accusative	Sachalin
vocative	Sachaline
locative	Sachalině, Sachalinu
instrumental	Sachalinem

Further reading

• “Sachalin”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Sachalin”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Sachalin”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaxaˈliːn/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

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

1. Sakhalin (a large island and oblast 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:

  (file)

• 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 (a large island and oblast in eastern Russia)