Etymology

saiga

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Today it means: Saiga tatarica, an antelope which inhabits a vast area between Kalmykia, Kazakhstan, southern Siberia. Full definition →

Russian сайга́ ← Kazakh сайғақ ← Proto-Turkic *saygak
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  1. Proto-Turkic · derived from*saygak“saiga”
  2. Kazakh · derived fromсайғақ“saiga”
  3. Russian · borrowed fromсайга́“saiga”
  4. English todaysaiga

Russian сайга́ (sajgá, “saiga”), from Kazakh сайғақ (sayğaq, “saiga”), from Proto-Turkic *saygak (“saiga”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.