шаазгай

From Proto-Mongolic *saxajïgaï (“magpie”), perhaps from Proto-Turkic *sagɨsgan (“magpie”).

Compare Dongxiang sazhigvei, Turkish saksağan.

• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /ʃaːt͡sɢai/, [ˈʃaːt͡sʁæe]

шаазгай • (šaazgaj) (Mongolian spelling ᠱᠠᠭᠠᠵᠠᠭᠠᠢ (šaɣaǰaɣai)); (regular declension )

1. magpie, (Pica pica)

   Synonym: алаг шаазгай (alag šaazgaj)

• ятга шаазгай (jatga šaazgaj, “jay”, literally “zither magpie”)
• овоо босгоогүй бол шаазгай хаанаас суух вэ (ovoo bosgoogüj bol šaazgaj haanaas suuh ve, “it takes two to tango”, literally “where would have the magpie perched had the cairn not been built”)

• шаг шаг (šag šag, “the sound magpies make”)
• шагших (šagših, “to produce this sound, to chatter”)