Editing Borzoi (section)

== Etymology ==

The system by which Russians over the ages named their sighthounds was a series of descriptive terms rather than actual names. [[:wiktionary:ru:борзый|{{Transliteration|ru|Borzoi}}]] is the masculine singular form of an archaic Russian adjective that means 'fast'. {{Transliteration|ru|Borzaya sobaka}} ('fast dog') is the basic term for sighthounds used by Russians, though {{Transliteration|ru|sobaka}} is usually dropped. The name {{Transliteration|ru|psovaya}} derived from the word {{Transliteration|ru|psovina}}, which means 'wavy, silky coat', just as {{Transliteration|ru|hortaya}} (as in [[hortaya borzaya]]) means shorthaired. In modern Russian, the breed commonly called the Borzoi is officially known as {{Transliteration|ru|russkaya psovaya borzaya}}. Other Russian sighthound breeds are {{Transliteration|ru|stepnaya borzaya}} (from the [[steppe]]), called {{Transliteration|ru|stepnoi}}; and {{Transliteration|ru|krimskaya borzaya}} (from the [[Crimea]]), called {{Transliteration|ru|krimskoi}}.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Сабанеев|first=Леонид|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XSQhEAAAQBAJ&dq=%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F+%D0%9F%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F+%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%8F&pg=PA70|title=Собаки охотничьи. Борзые и гончие|date=2021-12-02|publisher=Litres|isbn=978-5-04-333011-6|language=ru}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=March 2024}}