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  2. Borzoi - Wikipedia

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    Borzoi is the masculine singular form of an archaic Russian adjective that means 'fast'. Borzaya sobaka ('fast dog') is the basic term for sighthounds used by Russians, though sobaka is usually dropped. The name psovaya derived from the word psovina, which means 'wavy, silky coat', just as hortaya (as in hortaya borzaya) means

  3. Chortai - Wikipedia

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    The Chortai, sometimes spelt Chortaj, is a breed of sighthound from Ukraine.. The Chortai is said to resemble a cross between a Greyhound and a short haired Borzoi, being a quite heavily built running hound but nevertheless displaying typical sighthound features.

  4. Sighthound - Wikipedia

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    Sighthounds: Their Form, their Function and their Future. Ramsbury: The Crowood Press Ltd, 2012. ISBN 978-1-84797-392-4. Hawkins, Richard. "What Is A Sighthound". Dogs in Canada, April 2006. Hawkins, Richard. "Sighthound Identity". The Performance Sighthound Journal, July–September 2007. Hull, Denison B. Hounds and Hunting in Ancient Greece ...

  5. Taigan - Wikipedia

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    The Taigan (Kyrgyz: тайган), and also known as Kyrgyz Taighany (Kyrgyz: кыргыз тайганы) (Kyrgyzskaya Borzaya in Russian), Mongolian Taiga dog is a breed of sighthound from Kyrgyzstan. The Taigan is found in the alpine Tian Shan region of Kyrgyzstan on the border with China, it is closely related to the Tazy and the Saluki. [1 ...

  6. Category:Sighthounds - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Sighthounds" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  7. Wikipedia : Language learning centre/Russian word list

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    Most common Russian words This page was last edited on 18 December 2024, at 12:18 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...

  8. Hound - Wikipedia

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    Sighthounds (also called gazehounds) follow prey predominantly by speed, keeping it in sight. These dogs are fast and assist hunters in catching game: fox, hare, deer, and elk. [4] Scenthounds follow prey or others (like missing people) by tracking its scent. These dogs have endurance, but are not fast runners.

  9. List of English words of Russian origin - Wikipedia

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    Many languages, including English, contain words (Russianisms) most likely borrowed from the Russian language. Not all of the words are of purely Russian or origin. Some of them co-exist in other Slavic languages, and it can be difficult to determine whether they entered English from Russian or, say, Bulgarian. Some other words are borrowed or ...