dziggetai
English
Alternative forms
- dzhiggetai, dschikketaei, dshikketei, dshiggetai, dzigguetai, dzigithai, dziggethai, gicquetei, djiggetai, jiggetai, chigetai
Etymology
Borrowed from Mongolian чихтэй (čihtej, “eared”).
Noun
dziggetai (plural dziggetais)
- The Mongolian wild ass, Equus hemionus hemionus, a subspecies of the onager.
Translations
Mongolian wild ass
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References
- “‖Dziggetai, dzh-” on page 740/3 of § 1 (D, ed. James Augustus Henry Murray) of volume III (D–E, 1897) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1st ed.)
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