Baikal

English

Etymology

From Russian Байка́л (Bajkál, “Baikal”), from Buryat Байгал нуур (Bajgal nuur, “Lake Baikal”), perhaps ultimately from the Turkic *bāy (“rich”), and *köl, *kȫl (“lake”), with reference to the abundance of high-quality salmon in the lake. The Turkic origin is rejected by Vasmer. Native Mongolic origins have also been proposed.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /baɪˈkæl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌbaɪˈkɑːl/

Proper noun

Baikal

Lake Baikal

1. A large freshwater lake in Siberia, Russia.
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Synonyms

• Lake Baikal (common form found in English)
• North Sea (from East Asian poetry and fiction)

 

Derived terms

• Baikalia
• Baikalian
• Baikal Mountains
• Baikal seal
• Transbaikal

 

Translations

a large lake in Russia

• Afrikaans: Baikalmeer
• Albanian: Liqeni i Bajkalit
• Amharic: ባይካል ሐይቅ (baykal ḥäyḳ)
• Arabic: بَايْكَال m (baykāl), بُحَيْرَة بَايْكَال f (buḥayra(t) bāykāl)
• Armenian: Բայկալ (hy) (Baykal)
• Azerbaijani: Baygöl, Baykal (az)
• Basque: Baikal
• Belarusian: Байка́л m (Bajkál)
• Bengali: বৈকাল হ্রদ (bōikal hrod)
• Breton: Lenn Baikal m
• Bulgarian: Байка́л m (Bajkál)
• Burmese: ဘိုင်ကယ်အိုင် (bhuingkaiuing)
• Buryat: Байгал нуур (Bajgal nuur)
• Catalan: Baikal m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貝加爾湖／贝加尔湖 (zh) (Bèijiā'ěr Hú)

• Czech: Bajkal (cs) m
• Danish: Bajkalsøen
• Dutch: Baikalmeer n, Bajkalmeer n
• Esperanto: Bajkalo
• Estonian: Baikali järv, Baikal (et)
• Finnish: Baikaljärvi, Baikal
• French: Baïkal (fr) m, lac Baïkal (fr) m
• Galician: lago Baikal m
• Georgian: ბაიკალი (baiḳali)
• German: Baikalsee (de) m, Baikal (de) m
• Greek: Βαϊκάλη (el) f (Vaïkáli)
• Hebrew: ימת באיקל f (yamát báykal)
• Hindi: बैकाल (baikāl), बयकाल झील (baykāl jhīl)
• Hungarian: Bajkál, Bajkál-tó (hu)
• Icelandic: Bajkalvatn n
• Ido: Baikal
• Indonesian: Danau Baikal
• Irish: Loch Baikal m
• Italian: lago Bajkal m, Bajkal m
• Japanese: バイカル (Baikaru)
• Javanese: Tlaga Baikal
• Kannada: ಬೈಕಲ್ ಸರೋವರ (baikal sarōvara)
• Kazakh: Байкөл (Baiköl)
• Khmer: បឹងបៃកាល់ (bəŋ baykal)
• Korean: 바이칼 (Baikal), 바이깔 (Baikkal) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Baykal (ku) f

• Kyrgyz: Байкал (Baykal), Байкал көлү (Baykal kölü)
• Latvian: Baikāls m
• Lithuanian: Baikalo ežeras m, Baikalas m
• Macedonian: Бајка́л m (Bajkál)
• Malay: Tasik Baikal
• Malayalam: ബൈകാൽ (baikāl), ബൈകാൽ തടാകം (baikāl taṭākaṁ)
• Manchu: ᠪᠠᡳ᠌ᡥᠠᠯ (baihal)
• Marathi: बैकाल सरोवर (baikāl sarovar)
• Mongolian: Байгал нуур (Bajgal nuur)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Bajkalsjøen m

  Nynorsk: Bajkalsjøen m

• Persian: دریاچه بایکال (daryâče-ye bâykâl)
• Polish: Bajkał (pl) m
• Portuguese: Baikal m, Baical m, Lago Baikal m, Lago Baical m
• Punjabi: ਬਾਈਕਾਲ ਝੀਲ (bāīkāl jhīl)
• Romanian: Baikal n, Lacul Baikal n
• Russian: Байка́л (ru) m (Bajkál)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бајкал m

  Roman: Bajkal (sh) m

• Slovak: Bajkal m, Bajkalské jazero n
• Slovene: Bajkalsko jezero (sl) n
• Spanish: lago Baikal m, Baikal m
• Swedish: Bajkalsjön c
• Tagalog: Lawa ng Baikal
• Tajik: Байкал (Baykal)
• Tamil: பைக்கால் ஏரி (paikkāl ēri)
• Telugu: బైకలు (te) (baikalu), బైకల్ సరస్సు (baikal sarassu)
• Thai: ทะเลสาบไบคาล (tá-lee-sàap bai-kaal)
• Turkish: Baykal (tr), Baykal gölü
• Turkmen: Baýkal
• Ukrainian: Байка́л m (Bajkál)
• Uyghur: بايقال (bayqal), بايقال كۆلى (bayqal köli)
• Uzbek: Baykal
• Vietnamese: hồ Baikal, hồ Bai-can
• Welsh: Llyn Baikal m
• West Frisian: Baikalmar

See also

• Khövsgöl Nuur ("younger sister" of Baikal)

Finnish

Etymology

From Russian Байка́л (Bajkál).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑi̯kɑl/, [ˈbɑ̝i̯kɑ̝l]
• Rhymes: -ɑikɑl
• Syllabification^(key): Bai‧kal

Proper noun

Baikal

1. Baikal (lake)

Declension

Inflection of Baikal (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		Baikal	—
genitive		Baikalin	—
partitive		Baikalia	—
illative		Baikaliin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Baikal	—
accusative	nom.	Baikal	—
	gen.	Baikalin
genitive		Baikalin	—
partitive		Baikalia	—
inessive		Baikalissa	—
elative		Baikalista	—
illative		Baikaliin	—
adessive		Baikalilla	—
ablative		Baikalilta	—
allative		Baikalille	—
essive		Baikalina	—
translative		Baikaliksi	—
abessive		Baikalitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Baikal (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Baikalini — accusative nom. Baikalini — gen. Baikalini genitive Baikalini — partitive Baikaliani — inessive Baikalissani — elative Baikalistani — illative Baikaliini — adessive Baikalillani — ablative Baikaliltani — allative Baikalilleni — essive Baikalinani — translative Baikalikseni — abessive Baikalittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Baikalisi — accusative nom. Baikalisi — gen. Baikalisi genitive Baikalisi — partitive Baikaliasi — inessive Baikalissasi — elative Baikalistasi — illative Baikaliisi — adessive Baikalillasi — ablative Baikaliltasi — allative Baikalillesi — essive Baikalinasi — translative Baikaliksesi — abessive Baikalittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Baikalimme — accusative nom. Baikalimme — gen. Baikalimme genitive Baikalimme — partitive Baikaliamme — inessive Baikalissamme — elative Baikalistamme — illative Baikaliimme — adessive Baikalillamme — ablative Baikaliltamme — allative Baikalillemme — essive Baikalinamme — translative Baikaliksemme — abessive Baikalittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Baikalinne — accusative nom. Baikalinne — gen. Baikalinne genitive Baikalinne — partitive Baikalianne — inessive Baikalissanne — elative Baikalistanne — illative Baikaliinne — adessive Baikalillanne — ablative Baikaliltanne — allative Baikalillenne — essive Baikalinanne — translative Baikaliksenne — abessive Baikalittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Baikalinsa — accusative nom. Baikalinsa — gen. Baikalinsa genitive Baikalinsa — partitive Baikaliaan Baikaliansa — inessive Baikalissaan Baikalissansa — elative Baikalistaan Baikalistansa — illative Baikaliinsa — adessive Baikalillaan Baikalillansa — ablative Baikaliltaan Baikaliltansa — allative Baikalilleen Baikalillensa — essive Baikalinaan Baikalinansa — translative Baikalikseen Baikaliksensa — abessive Baikalittaan Baikalittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

compounds

• baikalinhylje
• Baikaljärvi

 

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bajˈkaw/ [baɪ̯ˈkaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bajˈkal/ [bajˈkaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bajˈkal/ [bajˈkaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bajˈka.li/

• Rhymes: -al, -aw

Proper noun

Baikal m

1. Alternative spelling of Baical