# тайга
## Belarusian
### Alternative forms

* tajha — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian тайга́ (tajgá).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tajˈɣa]
* Rhymes: -a
* Hyphenation: тай‧га

### Noun

тайга́ • (tajhá) f inan (genitive тайгі́, uncountable)
* (geography) taiga

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “тайга”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
* “тайга”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
* “тайга” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

## Bulgarian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian тайга́ (tajgá), of Turkic origin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tɐjˈɡa]

### Noun

тайга́ • (tajgá) f
* taiga

#### Declension
### References

* “тайга”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “тайга”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

## Kyrgyz
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

тайга • (tayga) (Arabic spelling تايعا)
* taiga

#### Declension
## Mongolian

| Mongolian | Cyrillic |
| ᠲᠠᠢᠭ᠎ᠠ (taig-a) | тайга (tajga) |

### Etymology

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠲᠠᠢᠭ᠎ᠠ (taig-a). Cognate with Buryat тайга (tajga).
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtʰɛːk/
* Syllabification: тай‧га (2 syllables)

### Noun

тайга • (tajga); (hidden-n declension)
* primeval forest
* mountainous forest; taiga

## Russian
### Etymology

Attested since 1790s, probably from Khakas тайға (tayğa, “taiga; mountain”) or a related (extinct?) Turkic language, further origin unknown. Meaning 'forest', likely developed in Turkic from the original 'mountain' (cf. Tuvan тайга (tayga, “mountain”)), first attested in 1735 in some "Chulym Tatar" language

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tɐjˈɡa]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

тайга́ • (tajgá) f inan (genitive тайги́, uncountable, relational adjective таёжный)
* taiga
** От Красноярска сперва долинами, потом на возвышенность пойдёт лесными местами и несколько гористо, потом склоняется к быстрой реке Кану. Места, однако же, по большей части хорошие, и много равнин. От Канского острога сперва несколько ровными местами, потом лесисто, ельники, и топи, и тайги. Места становятся гористее, и наконец ближе к Удинску открываются каменные горы.
** А. Н. Радищев. Записки путешествия в Сибирь (1790)
* (Siberia) an impassable place in a forest
** Груздей-то много, да в бору две тайги, обходить надо, долгонько и выходит.
* (Altay) mountain, mountains
** Тайга лесистая, а не каменистая, северная лесная сторона.

#### Derived terms

* Тайга́ (Tajgá)

#### Descendants

* → Belarusian: тайга́ (tajhá)
* → Bulgarian: тайга́ (tajgá)
* → English: taiga
* → Estonian: taiga
* → Finnish: taiga
* → French: taïga
* → German: Taiga
* → Hungarian: tajga
* → Ingrian: taigaa
* → Italian: taiga
* → Latvian: taiga
* → Japanese: タイガ (taiga)
* → Korean: 타이가 (taiga)
* → Mandarin: 泰加 (tàijiā) > 泰加林 (tàijiālín)
* → Polish: tajga
* → Romanian: taiga
* → Turkish: tayga
* → Ukrainian: тайга́ (tajhá)

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian тайга́ (tajgá), possibly from Khakas тайға (tayğa, “taiga; mountain”) or Yakut тайҕа (tayğa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tɐi̯ˈɦa]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

тайга́ • (tajhá) f inan (genitive тайги́, uncountable, relational adjective тайго́вий)
* taiga