Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sakha

/ˈsɑːkə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables: sakha
IPA: /ˈsɑːkə/

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person of Sakha ethnicity.

noun

A formerly seminomadic Siberian people.

noun

A North Siberian Turkic language.

name

A geographical region of North Asia which is inhabited dominantly by the Sakha people.

name

A republic and federal subject of Russia; in full, Sakha Republic. Official name: Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian саха́ (saxá), from Yakut саха (saxa), from Proto-Turkic *yaka (“edge; collar”).

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: саха́, саха, *yaka, *jaka

Phrases

Wiktionary’s coverage of Yakut terms

Frequently Paired Words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Yakut terms

Synonyms

Yakut Yakutia

Homonyms

saca

Questions

How do you pronounce sakha?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɑːkə/.
What does sakha mean?: A person of Sakha ethnicity.
Where does sakha come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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