sajka

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• IPA^(key): [ˈsajka]

sajka f

1. saiga (antelope)

   Synonym: sajga

• “sajka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “sajka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

A local wanderwort for a vessel native to the Tisza ultimately from Bulgarian ша́йка (šájka)^[1] popularized also by Ottoman Turkish شایقه (şayka) and Serbo-Croatian šȃjka / ша̑јка, to distinguish from Hungarian sajta already attested in 1355 which is from Italian saettìa (“a fast, light galley”).^[2][3]

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃɒjkɒ]
• Hyphenation: saj‧ka
• Rhymes: -kɒ

sajka (plural sajkák)

1. a small boat propelled by oars

• sajkacsont

• sajka in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

 

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sajka

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Borrowed from Russian са́йка (sájka).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaj.ka/
• Rhymes: -ajka
• Syllabification: saj‧ka

sajka f

1. Arctic cod, polar cod

   Synonyms: dorszyk, dorszyk polarny, sajda

• sajka in Polish dictionaries at PWN