тайга

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Belarusian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian тайга́ (tajgá).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [tajˈɣa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: тай‧га

Noun

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тайга́ (tajháf inan (genitive тайгі́, uncountable)

  1. (geography) taiga

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References

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  1. ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “тайга”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
  • тайга”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • тайга” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian тайга́ (tajgá), of Turkic origin.

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Noun

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тайга́ (tajgáf

  1. taiga

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References

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  • тайга”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • тайга”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Kyrgyz

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Etymology

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Noun

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тайга (tayga) (Arabic spelling تايعا)

  1. taiga

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Mongolian

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MongolianCyrillic
ᠲᠠᠢᠭ᠎ᠠ
(taig-a)
тайга
(tajga)

Etymology

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Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠲᠠᠢᠭ᠎ᠠ (taig-a). Cognate with Buryat тайга (tajga).

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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тайга (tajga); (hidden-n declension)

  1. primeval forest
  2. mountainous forest; taiga

Russian

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Etymology

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Attested since 1790s, probably from Khakas тайға (tayğa, taiga; mountain) or a related (extinct?) Turkic language, further origin unknown. Meaning 'forest', likely developed in Turkic from the original 'mountain' (cf. Tuvan тайга (tayga, mountain)), first attested in 1735 in some "Chulym Tatar" language

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [tɐjˈɡa]
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Noun

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тайга́ (tajgáf inan (genitive тайги́, uncountable, relational adjective таёжный)

  1. taiga
    • От Красноярска сперва долинами, потом на возвышенность пойдёт лесными местами и несколько гористо, потом склоняется к быстрой реке Кану. Места, однако же, по большей части хорошие, и много равнин. От Канского острога сперва несколько ровными местами, потом лесисто, ельники, и топи, и тайги. Места становятся гористее, и наконец ближе к Удинску открываются каменные горы.
    • А. Н. Радищев. Записки путешествия в Сибирь (1790)
  2. (Siberian) an unpassable place in a forest
    • Груздей-то много, да в бору две тайги, обходить надо, долгонько и выходит.
  3. (Altay) mountain, mountains
    • Тайга лесистая, а не каменистая, северная лесная сторона.

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Ukrainian

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Ukrainian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian тайга́ (tajgá), possibly from Khakas тайға (tayğa, taiga; mountain) or Yakut тайҕа (tayğa).

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Noun

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тайга́ (tajháf inan (genitive тайги́, uncountable, relational adjective тайго́вий)

  1. taiga

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