sakha

/ˈsɑːkə/

Etymology

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

noun

  1. A person of Sakha ethnicity.
  2. A formerly seminomadic Siberian people.
  3. A North Siberian Turkic language.

name

  1. A geographical region of North Asia which is inhabited dominantly by the Sakha people.
  2. A republic and federal subject of Russia; in full, Sakha Republic. Official name: Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).