Etymology

tarbagan

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Today it means: Any member of the species Marmota sibirica of marmots that live on the steppes of Central Asia. Full definition →

Russian тарбаган ← Proto-Mongolic *tarbagan
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  1. Proto-Mongolic · derived from*tarbagan
  2. Russian · borrowed fromтарбаган
  3. English todaytarbagan

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

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