telega
English
Etymology
From mid-16th century Russian теле́га (teléga), probably from Khazar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɪˈleɪɡə/
Noun
telega (plural telegas or telegi)
- A simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs.
- 1868, “Route 25: London to Pekin […] ”, in Handbook for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, page 329:
- Three kinds of conveyances are available: the telega, or cart without springs, which has to be changed at every station, and for which a charge of about 8d. is made at every stage; the kibitka, or cart (in winter a sledge) with a hood; and the tarantas, a kind of carriage on wooden springs, which admits of the traveller lying down full length, and which can be made very comfortable at night.
Translations
a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs
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Anagrams
Old Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Ruthenian телѣга (telěha) First attested in 1480.
Pronunciation
Noun
telega f
- telega (simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs)
- 1868 [1480], Akta grodzkie i ziemskie z czasów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej : z archiwum tak zwanego bernardyńskiego we Lwowie w skutek fundacyi śp. Alexandra hr. Stadnickiego[1], volume XVIII (quotation in Old Polish; overall work in Polish, Latin, and Old Polish), page 200:
- Quia ipse non dedit magnum currum salis al. telega
- [Quia ipse non dedit magnum currum salis al. telega]
Descendants
- Polish: telega
References
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “telega, talaga, talega, telaga, teliga”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish telega.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛˈlɛ.ɡa/
- Rhymes: -ɛɡa
- Syllabification: te‧le‧ga
Noun
telega f (diminutive teleżka)
- (historical) telega (simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs)
- 1876, Konstanty Wolicki, Wspomnienia z czasów pobytu w cytadeli warszawskiej i na Syberyi. (Erinnerungen aus den Zeiten des Aufenthaltes in der Warschauer Cittadelle und in Sibirien.), page 57:
- Dwie telegi tego rodzaju zastaliśmy przed więzieniem w wewnętrznym jego dziedzińcu […]
- We found two telegas of this kind in front of the prison in its inner courtyard […]
Declension
Declension of telega
Further reading
- telega in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- telega in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- telega in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
- Marek Kunicki-Goldfinger (16.09.2021) “TELEGA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “telega”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /teˈlɛ.ɡɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /teˈlɛ.ɡa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɨˈlɛ.ɡɐ/ [tɨˈlɛ.ɣɐ]
Noun
telega f (plural telegas)
- telega (a type of simple four-wheeled cart used in Russia)
Swedish
Alternative forms
- teljega
Etymology
From Russian теле́га (teléga), used in Swedish since 1877.
Noun
telega c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | telega | telegas |
| definite | telegan | telegans | |
| plural | indefinite | telegor | telegors |
| definite | telegorna | telegornas |
References
- telega in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- Teljega in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1919)