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Yakut
Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic *čiāk (“time; precisely, exactly”) — see Kazakh шақ (şaq, “time”), Kyrgyz чак (cak), for more cognates — making this word a false cognate with Russian час (čas, “time, hour”), itself the source of Yakut чаас (caas, “hour”).
Noun
сах • (saq)
- time
- See synonyms at кэм (kem).
- бу сахха ― bu saqqa ― at this time
- хайа сахтан? ― qaya saqtan? ― since when?
- күөх сах ― küöq saq ― midsummer
Etymology 2
Related with Turkish yakmak (see there for more cognates).
Verb
сах • (saq)
- to strike (fire)
- (by extension, as саҕан + a verb) to do something persistently
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Interjection
сах • (saq)
- (vulgar) damn, dammit (see the below, and compare the old-fashioned English expression "the devil take (him/her/it)")
Noun
сах • (saq)
- devil