Saiga
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Russian сайга́ (sajgá), alternative form of сайга́к (sajgák), from Chagatai سایغاق (saiɣak, “chamois”).
Proper noun
[edit]Saiga f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – the saiga antelopes.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Artiodactyla - order; Bovidae - family; Antilopinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Saiga borealis (Mongolian saiga), Saiga tatarica (steppe saiga) - species
References
[edit]Saiga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Saiga on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Saiga on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Saiga in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.
- Saiga at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Saiga at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Saiga at International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species
- Saiga at Paleobiology Database
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Russian сайга́ (sajgá), from сайга́к (sajgák), from Chagatai سایغاق (saiɣak).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Saiga f (genitive Saiga, plural Saigas)
- saiga
- Synonym: Saigaantilope
Declension
[edit]Declension of Saiga [feminine]
Further reading
[edit]- “Saiga” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Saiga” in Duden online
- “Saiga”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
- “Saiga” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Categories:
- Translingual terms derived from Russian
- Translingual terms derived from Chagatai
- Translingual lemmas
- Translingual proper nouns
- mul:Taxonomic names (genus)
- German terms borrowed from Russian
- German terms derived from Russian
- German terms derived from Chagatai
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German feminine nouns
- de:Antelopes