Meanings
plural saigas
- Saiga tatarica, an antelope which inhabits a vast area between Kalmykia, Kazakhstan, southern Siberia.
Its ʽcore faunaʼ consisted of the woolly mammoth, woolly rhino, saiga, muskox and the arctic fox. All except the woolly rhino evolved in the northern Arctic, and all had been evolving for several million years before their modern forms appeared.
2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 205Synonyms: saiga antelope, steppe saiga
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSaiga tatarica, an antelope which inhabits a vast area between Kalmykia, Kazakhstan, southern Siberia.
More synonyms by meaning
noungoat-like antelope of central Eurasia having a stubby nose like a proboscis
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Turkic*saygak“saiga”
- Kazakhсайғақ“saiga”
- Russianсайга́“saiga”
- Englishsaiga
Russian сайга́ (sajgá, “saiga”), from Kazakh сайғақ (sayğaq, “saiga”), from Proto-Turkic *saygak (“saiga”).
More words from Russian, Kazakh, Proto-Turkic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian сайга
- сайга (sajga)antelope
Chinese Mandarin 高鼻羚羊
- 高鼻羚羊antelope
Czech sajka, sajga
- sajkaantelope
- sajgaantelope
Dutch saïga
- saïgaantelope
Esperanto altnaza antilopo
- altnaza antilopoantelope
Finnish saiga
- saigaantelope
French saïga
- saïgaantelope
German Saiga
- Saigaantelope
Hungarian szajga, tatárantilop
- szajgaantelope
- tatárantilopantelope
Irish antalóp saigeach
- antalóp saigeachantelope
Italian saiga
- saigaantelope
Japanese サイガ
- サイガ (saiga)antelope
Korean 사이가산양
- 사이가산양 (saigasanyang)antelope
Lithuanian saiga
- saigaantelope
Polish suhak
- suhakantelope
Portuguese saiga
- saigaantelope
Romanian saiga
- saigaantelope
Russian сайга́к, сайга́
- сайга́к (sajgák)antelope
- сайга́ (sajgá)antelope
Spanish saiga
- saigaantelope
Swedish saigaantilop
- saigaantilopantelope
Thai กุย
- กุย (gui)antelope
Turkish sayga
- saygaantelope
Ukrainian сайгак
- сайгак (sajhak)antelope
Vietnamese linh dương saiga
- linh dương saigaantelope
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with saiga
All rhymes →Cite this entry
saiga. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saiga
“saiga.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saiga. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “saiga,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saiga.
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