Baikal

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /baɪˈkɑːl/, baɪˈkɑːɫ
• US IPA: /ËŒbaɪˈkɑːl/

Origin

From Russian Байка́л ("Baikal"), from Buryat Байгал нуур ("Lake Baikal"), perhaps ultimately from the *bāj ("rich"), and *köl, *(k)ȫl ("lake"),

Janhunen (1996, 139-41), in: Maria Magdolna Tatár, Köl "lake, flood, source, moor" in Northem Mongolian Hydronyms. Turcological Letters to Bernt Brendemoen, The Institute for Comparative Researchin Human Culture, Oslo 2009. p.329.

with reference to the abundance of high-quality salmon in the lake. The Turkic origin is rejected by Vasmer.

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Native origins have also been proposed.

Full definition of Baikal

Proper noun

1. A large freshwater lake in southern Siberia, Russia; the deepest lake in the world.

Derived terms

• Baikal Mountains
• Baikal seal