dziggetai

English

Alternative forms

• dzhiggetai, dschikketaei, dshikketei, dshiggetai, dzigguetai, dzigithai, dziggethai, gicquetei, djiggetai, jiggetai, chigetai, dzeggetai

Etymology

Borrowed from Mongolian чихтэй (čixtej, “eared”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈ(d)zɪɡətaɪ/

Noun

dziggetai (plural dziggetais)

1. The Mongolian wild ass, Equus hemionus hemionus, a subspecies of the onager.

Translations

Mongolian wild ass

• Russian: джигета́й m (džigetáj)

References

• “‖Dziggetai, dzh-” on page 740/3 of § 1 (D, ed. James Augustus Henry Murray) of volume III (D–E, 1897) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1st ed.)

Further reading

• dziggetai on Wikipedia.Wikipedia