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Sakha

name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈsɑːkə/
  • /səˈxɑː/ resembling the native pronunciation
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1

name

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

name

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A person of Sakha ethnicity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A formerly seminomadic Siberian people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

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5

noun

Meaning 5

A North Siberian Turkic language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Саха́ (Saxá), from Yakut Саха (Saqa), from Proto-Turkic *jaka (“edge; collar”).

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

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: Саха (Saxa) — region
  • Arabic: سَاخَا (sāḵā) — region
  • Azerbaijani: Saxa — region
  • Bashkir: Саха (Saxa) — region
  • Buryat: Саха (Saxa) — region
  • Catalan: Sakhà — region
  • Chinese Mandarin: 薩哈 /萨哈 (Sàhā) — region
  • Finnish: Saha — region
  • German: Sacha — region
  • Hindi: साख़ा (sāxā) — region
  • Japanese: サハ (Saha) — region
  • Korean: 사하 (Saha) — region
  • Polish: Sacha — region
  • Russian: Саха́ (Saxá) — region
  • Russian: Якутия (Jakutija) — region
  • Spanish: Sajá — region
  • Thai: ซาคา (saa-kaa) — region
  • Uyghur: ساخا (saxa) — region
  • Yakut: Саха — region
  • Buryat: яхад (jaxad) — ethnic group
  • Catalan: sakhà — ethnic group
  • Catalan: iacut — ethnic group
  • Chinese Mandarin: 薩哈 /萨哈 (Sàhā) — ethnic group
  • Dolgan: һака (haka) — ethnic group
  • Hindi: साख़ा (sāxā) — ethnic group
  • Italian: sacha — ethnic group
  • Italian: yakuto — ethnic group
  • Russian: якут (jakut) — ethnic group
  • Turkish: Yakut — ethnic group
  • Turkish: Saha — ethnic group
  • Yakut: саха (saqa) — ethnic group
Real reading context

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