saiga
noun
saiga is spelled S-A-I-G-A: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 93,703rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, saiga means “Saiga tatarica, an antelope which inhabits a vast area between Kalmykia, Kazakhstan, southern Siberia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of saiga is saigas.
How many letters and syllables are in saiga?
| Letters | 5: S-A-I-G-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 93,703rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is saiga?
Saiga appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 93,703rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of saiga
- saigas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does saiga mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Saiga tatarica, an antelope which inhabits a vast area between Kalmykia, Kazakhstan, southern Siberia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Saiga in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense antelope:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does saiga come from?
Russian сайга́ (sajgá, “saiga”), from Kazakh сайғақ (sayğaq, “saiga”), from Proto-Turkic *saygak (“saiga”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).