Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

saxaul

/ˈsæksɔːl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sax-aul
IPA: /ˈsæksɔːl/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of two species of the amaranth genus Haloxylon: Haloxylon ammodendron (syn. Haloxylon aphyllum; black saxaul) and Haloxylon persicum (white saxaul), found in sandy habitats from Egypt to Mongolia and China.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian саксау́л (saksaúl), via a Turkic variety (compare Bashkir саҡсауыл (saqsawıl), Kazakh сексеуіл (seksewil)), ultimately from Kalmyk [script needed] (zaɣzāml̥, “a bush growing in the desert”), compare Mongolian заг (zag, “saxaul”), Kalmyk за (za).

Inflected Forms

saxauls (plural) saksaul (alternative)

Phrases

saxaul sparrow

Questions

How do you pronounce saxaul?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsæksɔːl/.
What does saxaul mean?: Either of two species of the amaranth genus Haloxylon: Haloxylon ammodendron (syn. Haloxylon aphyllum; black saxaul) and Haloxylon persicum (white saxaul), found in sandy habitats from Egypt to Mongolia and China.
Where does saxaul come from?: Borrowed from Russian саксау́л (saksaúl), via a Turkic variety (compare Bashkir саҡсауыл (saqsawıl), Kazakh сексеуіл (seksewil)), ultimately from Kalmyk [script needed] (zaɣzāml̥, “a bush growing in the desert”), compare Mongolian заг (zag, “saxaul”), Kalmyk за (za).

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