tarbagan
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian тарбаган (tarbagan), from Southern Altai (Teleut) тарбаган (tarbagan),[1] ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *tarbagan.
Pronunciation
Noun
tarbagan (plural tarbagans)
- Any of species Marmota sibirica of marmots that live on the steppes of Central Asia.
- 1969, Philip Ziegler, The Black Death, Folio Society, published 2007, page 13:
- One can only guess which rodent was most readily to be found near Lake Issyk-Koul in 1338 but the experience of later epidemics points to the tarbagan or Manchurian marmot, a beguiling squirrel-like creature much hunted for its skin.
References
tarbagan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Marmota sibirica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Marmota sibirica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- ^ "tarbagan." Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster. 2002.
Karakalpak
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *tarbagan.
Noun
tarbagan
References
Baskakov's Karakalpaksko-Ruskiy Slovar