taiga

• tayga, tajga

From Russian тайга́ (tajgá), from South Siberian Turkic (Altai region, for example the Altay or Shor language, cf Khakas: тағ (tağ)),^[1] or alternatively Yakut тайга (tayga, “untraversable forest”).^[2][3] Doublet of Tayga.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪɡə/, /taɪˈɡɑː/

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• Rhymes: -aɪɡə, -ɑː
• Homophone: tiger (non-rhotic, using the initial-stress pronunciation)

taiga (plural taigas)

1. A subarctic zone of evergreen coniferous forests situated south of the tundras and north of the steppes in the Northern Hemisphere.

   Synonyms: boreal forest, snow forest

   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 197:

     The mountains run from the Arctic Island of Novaya Zemlya southwards, dividing the endless wastes of the Siberian taiga and the steppes from the Russian platform in the west.

   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 871:

     Like the taiga, he was everywhere, and mysterious—a heroic being with unearthly gifts.

   • 2013 March, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 13 April 2016, page 98:

     Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages.

• agait, agati, agita

Ultimately from Russian тайга́ (tajgá), from Turkic or Yakut тайга (tayga), which roughly could be translated as "slippery place". Most likely, the meaning come from a verb Yakut тай (tay) - to slip. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑi̯.ɡaː/

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• Hyphenation: tai‧ga

taiga f (plural taiga's)

1. taiga (subarctic evergreen coniferous forest) [from 19th c.]

taiga

1. partitive singular of taig
2. illative singular of taig

From Russian тайга́ (tajgá).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑi̯ɡɑ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝i̯ɡɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑiɡɑ
• Syllabification^(key): tai‧ga
• Hyphenation^(key): tai‧ga

taiga

1. taiga

• “taiga”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

From Russian тайга́ (tajgá).

taiga f (plural taighe)

1. taiga

• Agati, agita

taiga

1. Rōmaji transcription of たいが
2. Rōmaji transcription of タイガ

Borrowed from Russian тайга́ (tajgá).

taiga f (4th declension)

1. taiga
2. boreal forest

taiga f (plural taigas)

1. taiga (subarctic zone of coniferous forest)

Borrowed from Russian тайга (tajga).

taiga f (plural taigale)

1. taiga