Sakha

Meanings

Noun

  • A person of Sakha ethnicity.
  • A formerly seminomadic Siberian people.
  • A North Siberian Turkic language.

Proper Noun

  • A geographical region located in North Asia which is inhabited dominantly by the Sakha people.

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Origin

  • Borrowed from Russian саха́, from Yakut саха, from Proto-Turkic *jaka ("edge; collar").
  • Borrowed from Russian Саха́, from Yakut Саха, from Proto-Turkic *jaka ("edge; collar").

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