Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sazan

/səˈzɑn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables: sazan
IPA: /səˈzɑn/

14

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fish (Cyprinus carpio) in the Cyprinidae family. It is native to Sea of Azov, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Aral Sea, Balkhash lake, Amour river.

name

A small island off the coast of Albania.

Etymology

From Russian саза́н (sazán), from Turkic, from Proto-Turkic *siāŕgan (“carp; snake, dragon”).

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: саза́н, *siāŕgan

Inflected Forms

sazans (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce sazan?: The recorded pronunciation is /səˈzɑn/.
What does sazan mean?: A fish (Cyprinus carpio) in the Cyprinidae family. It is native to Sea of Azov, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Aral Sea, Balkhash lake, Amour river.
Where does sazan come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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