tarbagan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian тарбаган (tarbagan), from Southern Altai (Teleut) тарбаган (tarbagan), ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *tarbagan.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːbəɡən/

Noun

tarbagan (plural tarbagans)

1. Any of species Marmota sibirica of marmots that live on the steppes of Central Asia.
   • 1969, Philip Ziegler, The Black Death, Folio Society, published 2007, page 13:

     One can only guess which rodent was most readily to be found near Lake Issyk-Koul in 1338 but the experience of later epidemics points to the tarbagan or Manchurian marmot, a beguiling squirrel-like creature much hunted for its skin.

References

• tarbagan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Marmota sibirica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Marmota sibirica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Karakalpak

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *tarbagan.

Noun

tarbagan

1. marmot

References

Baskakov's Karakalpaksko-Ruskiy Slovar