telega

See also: Telega, téléga, and telegą

English

A telega in 1914

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

a simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs

• Bashkir: арба (arba)
• Belarusian: калёсы n pl (kaljósy), цяле́га f (cjaljéha), воз m (voz)
• Finnish: rattaat (fi) pl, kärryt (fi)
• French: téléga (fr) f, télègue (fr) f
• German: Telege (de) f
• Japanese: テレガ (terega)
• Kazakh: арба (arba)
• Korean: 뗄레가 (ttellega), 텔레가 (tellega)
• Kyrgyz: арба (arba)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: телѣга f (telěga), возъ m (vozŭ)

• Polish: telega f
• Portuguese: telega f
• Russian: теле́га (ru) f (teléga), арба́ (ru) f (arbá) (araba), воз (ru) m (voz)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: та̀љиге pl

  Roman: tàljige (sh) pl

• Southern Altai: абра (abra)
• Spanish: telega f
• Swedish: telega (sv) c
• Tajik: ароба (tg) (aroba)
• Tatar: арба (tt) (arba)
• Ukrainian: теле́га f (teléha), віз m (viz)
• Uzbek: telega (uz), arava (uz)
• Vietnamese: telega
• Yakut: тэлиэгэ (teliege)

Anagrams

• Legate, Teagle, eaglet, gelate, legate, teagle

Old Polish

Alternative forms

• talaga

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

telega f

1. telega (simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs)

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “telega”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish telega, from Old Ruthenian телѣга (telěha).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

telega f

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

Declension of telega

	singular	plural
nominative	telega	telegi
genitive	telegi	teleg
dative	teledze	telegom
accusative	telegę	telegi
instrumental	telegą	telegami
locative	teledze	telegach
vocative	telego	telegi

Further reading

• telega in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego/telega on the Polish Wikisource.Wikisource ^pl

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /teˈlɛ.ɡɐ/

• (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
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	telega	telegan	telegor	telegorna
Genitive	telegas	telegans	telegors	telegornas

References

• telega in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Teljega in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1919)