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telega

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See also: Telega, telegą, téléga, and Telęga

English

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A telega in 1914

Etymology

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From mid-16th century Russian теле́га (teléga), probably from Khazar.

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Noun

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telega (plural telegas or telegi)

  1. A simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs.
    • 1868, “Route 25: London to Pekin [] ”, in Handbook for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, page 329:
      Three kinds of conveyances are available: the telega, or cart without springs, which has to be changed at every station, and for which a charge of about 8d. is made at every stage; the kibitka, or cart (in winter a sledge) with a hood; and the tarantas, a kind of carriage on wooden springs, which admits of the traveller lying down full length, and which can be made very comfortable at night.

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Old Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Ruthenian телѣга (telěha) First attested in 1480.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /tɛlʲɛɡa/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /tɛlʲɛɡa/

Noun

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telega f

  1. telega (simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs)
    • 1868 [1480], Akta grodzkie i ziemskie z czasów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej : z archiwum tak zwanego bernardyńskiego we Lwowie w skutek fundacyi śp. Alexandra hr. Stadnickiego[1], volume XVIII, page 200:
      Quia ipse non dedit magnum currum salis al. telega
      [Quia ipse non dedit magnum currum salis al. telega]

Descendants

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  • Polish: telega

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Polish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish telega.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tɛˈlɛ.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡa
  • Syllabification: te‧le‧ga

Noun

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telega f (diminutive teleżka)

  1. (historical) telega (simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs)
    • 1876, Konstanty Wolicki, Wspomnienia z czasów pobytu w cytadeli warszawskiej i na Syberyi. (Erinnerungen aus den Zeiten des Aufenthaltes in der Warschauer Cittadelle und in Sibirien.), page 57:
      Dwie telegi tego rodzaju zastaliśmy przed więzieniem w wewnętrznym jego dziedzińcu []
      We found two telegas of this kind in front of the prison in its inner courtyard []

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Further reading

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  • telega in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • telega in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • telega in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
  • Marek Kunicki-Goldfinger (16.09.2021) “TELEGA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
  • Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “telega”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Portuguese

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telega f (plural telegas)

  1. telega (a type of simple four-wheeled cart used in Russia)

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Russian теле́га (teléga), used in Swedish since 1877.

Noun

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telega c

  1. a telega, a Russian 4-wheeled cart

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