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English
Noun
saksaul (plural saksauls)
- Alternative form of saxaul
2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, pages 844–5:Oases, or distant smoky blurs of saksaul trees, appeared like moments of remission in lives of misfortune—rumored, hallucinated, prayed for, not always where they were supposed to be.
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Russian саксау́л (saksaúl), ultimately from Mongolic, compare Mongolian заг (zag), Kalmyk за (za).[1][2]
Noun
saksaul (definite accusative saksaulu, plural saksaullar)
- saxaul
Declension
References
- ^ Tenišev E. R., editor (1984–2006), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages:] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 133
- ^ Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 396b
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