saxaul

English

Wikispecies

black saxaul (H. ammodendron)

Alternative forms

• saksaul

Etymology

From Russian саксау́л (saksaúl), via a Turkic variety (cf. Bashkir саҡсауыл (saqsawıl), Kazakh сексеуіл (sekseuıl)), ultimately from Kalmyk [script needed] (zaɣzāml̥, “a bush growing in the desert”), compare Mongolian заг (zag, “saxaul”), Kalmyk за (za).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæksɔːl/

Noun

saxaul (plural saxauls)

1. Either of two species of the amaranth genus Haloxylon: Haloxylon ammodendron (syn. Haloxylon aphyllum; black saxaul) and Haloxylon persicum (white saxaul), found in sandy habitats from Egypt to Mongolia and China.

Derived terms

• saxaul sparrow (Passer ammodendri)

Translations

any plant of the Haloxylon genus

• Arabic: رِمْث m (rimṯ), رَمْث m (ramṯ), غَضًى m (ḡaḍan), غَضًا m (ḡaḍan)
• Armenian: սաքսաուլ (hy) (sakʻsaul)
• Azerbaijani: saksaul
• Bashkir: саҡсауыл (saqsawıl)
• Belarusian: саксау́л m (saksaúl)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 梭梭 (zh) (suōsuō)

• Finnish: saksauli (fi)
• Georgian: საქსაული (saksauli)
• German: Saxaul m, Saksaul m
• Kalmyk: заг (zag)
• Kazakh: сексеуіл (sekseuıl)
• Kyrgyz: сөксөөл (ky) (söksööl)
• Mongolian: заг (mn) (zag)
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: саксау́л (ru) m (saksaúl)
• Serbo-Croatian: saksàul (sh) m
• Slovak: saxaul m, saksaul m
• Swedish: saxaul c
• Tatar: саксаул (saqsawl)
• Turkish: saksaul (tr)
• Turkmen: sazak
• Ukrainian: саксау́л (uk) m (saksaúl)
• Uyghur: سۆكسۆك (söksök)
• Uzbek: saksovul (uz)