Brief glossary of the frozen commons-related scientific terms and their linguistic origin
| Phenomena | Term | Original language | Phonetics |
| Drained thaw/thermokarst lake basin | Alas
Hasyrey |
Sakha
Nenets? |
ɑ:lɑ:s
hɑ:si:rei |
| Frost mound/hydrolaccolith | Bulgunniakh
Pingo |
Sakha
Inuit |
bʊlgʊni:ɑ:h
pi:ngoʊ |
| High center polygon/frozen ground mound | Bayjerakh | Sakha | baɪdʒerɑ:h |
| Part of waterbody (sea, lake or river) free of ice. | Polynia | Russian | poʊli:ni:ɑ: |
| Perennially unfrozen layer surrounded by permafrost | Talik | Russian | tɑ:li:k |
| Snow drift | Zastrug | Russian | zɑ:strʊg |