Sachalin

Borrowed from Russian Сахали́н (Saxalín), from Manchu ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ (sahaliyan, “black”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈsaxalɪn]
• Rhymes: -alɪn
• Hyphenation: Sa‧cha‧lin

Sachalin m inan (relational adjective sachalinský)

1. Sakhalin (the largest island of Russia, off its eastern coast)
2. Sakhalin (an oblast of Russia)

• “Sachalin”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Sachalin”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Sachalin”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): /zaxaˈliːn/

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Sachalin n (proper noun, genitive Sachalins or (optionally with an article) Sachalin)

1. Sakhalin (a large island and oblast in eastern Russia)

• Kamtschatka

Borrowed from Russian Сахали́н (Saxalín), from Manchu ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ (sahaliyan, “black”), probably from the expression ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ
ᡠᠯᠠ
ᠠᡢᡤᠠ
ᡥᠠᡩ᠋ᠠ (sahaliyan ula aᡢga hada, “the peak at the estuary of the Amur river”), from Jurchen 撒哈良 (sa-ha-liang /⁠saxalian⁠/, “black”), from Proto-Tungusic *sakalīn (“black”).

• IPA^(key): /saˈxa.lin/

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• Rhymes: -alin
• Syllabification: Sa‧cha‧lin

Sachalin m inan

1. Sakhalin (the largest island of Russia, off its eastern coast)
2. Sakhalin (an oblast of Russia)

• Sachalin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Sachalin n

1. Sakhalin (a large island and oblast in eastern Russia)