шагай

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Mongolian

Sides of an anklebone dice: camel, horse, sheep, goat (тэмээ, адуу, хонь and ямаа)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *sïgaï.

Perhaps a cognate of Proto-Turkic *siŋük (bone). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Compare Mongghul shghai, Chuvash шӑмӑ (šămă), Kalmyk шаһа (şağa)

Noun

шагай (šagaj) (Mongolian spelling ᠱᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ (šag-a))

  1. ankle
  2. shagai (ankle bone of a sheep or goat which used in traditional Mongolian games and divination practices as a die)

Descendants

  • English: shagai

Russian

Pronunciation

Verb

шага́й (šagáj)

  1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of шага́ть (šagátʹ)