Saiga

See also: saiga and saïga

Translingual

Saiga tatarica

Etymology

From Russian сайга́ (sajgá), alternative form of сайга́к (sajgák), from Chagatai سایغاق (saiɣak, “chamois”).

Proper noun

Saiga f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – the saiga antelopes.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Artiodactyla – order; Bovidae – family; Antilopinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Saiga borealis (Mongolian saiga), Saiga tatarica (steppe saiga) - species

References

• Saiga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Saiga on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Saiga on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Saiga in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• Saiga at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Saiga at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Saiga at International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species
• Saiga at Paleobiology Database

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian сайга́ (sajgá), from сайга́к (sajgák), from Chagatai سایغاق (saiɣak).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzaɪ̯ɡa/
• Hyphenation: Sai‧ga

Noun

Saiga f (genitive Saiga, plural Saigas)

1. saiga

   Synonym: Saigaantilope

Declension

Declension of Saiga [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Saiga	die	Saigas
genitive	einer	der	Saiga	der	Saigas
dative	einer	der	Saiga	den	Saigas
accusative	eine	die	Saiga	die	Saigas

Further reading

• “Saiga” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Saiga” in Duden online
• “Saiga”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
• “Saiga” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon