Salar

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Etymology

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Derived from Salar sıqsağan or cognate to dialectal Turkish sağsak (magpie).

Pronunciation

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  • (Wajiangzhuang, Qinghai) IPA(key): /sɑχsɨχ/

Noun

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saqsıq (3rd person possessive saqsığı, plural saqsıqlar)

  1. Dialectal form of sıqsağan.

References

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  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “saxsyx”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 476