telega

See also: Telega, telegą, téléga, and Telęga

English

Etymology

From mid-16th century Russian теле́га (teléga), probably from Khazar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɪˈleɪɡə/

Noun

telega (plural telegas or telegi)

  1. 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

Anagrams

Old Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Ruthenian телѣга (telěha) First attested in 1480.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /tɛlʲɛɡa/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /tɛlʲɛɡa/

Noun

telega f

  1. 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

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish telega.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛˈlɛ.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡa
  • Syllabification: te‧le‧ga

Noun

telega f (diminutive teleżka)

  1. (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

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)

  1. 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

  1. a telega, a Russian 4-wheeled cart

Declension

Declension of telega
nominative genitive
singular indefinite telega telegas
definite telegan telegans
plural indefinite telegor telegors
definite telegorna telegornas

References