афалина

See also: афаліна

Russian

Etymology

From Turkish afalina,[1] ultimately from Ancient Greek φάλλαινα (phállaina, whale).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐfɐˈlʲinə]

Noun

афали́на • (afalína) f anim (genitive афали́ны, nominative plural афали́ны, genitive plural афали́н)

  1. bottlenose dolphin
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:афалина.

Declension

Alternative forms

  • офели́на (ofelína) obsolete

Descendants

  • Abkhaz: афали́на (afalína)
  • Armenian: աֆալինա (afalina)
  • Azerbaijani: afalina
  • Georgian: აფალინა (apalina)
  • Ukrainian: афалі́на (afalína)

See also

References

  1. Силантьев, А. А. (1903) Черноморское побережье Кавказа в сельскохозяйственном и промысловом отношении. Выпуск I: Дельфиновый промысел у берегов Кавказа, Saint Petersburg, page 18

Further reading

  • Krysin, L. M. (2006) “афалина”, in Tolkovyj slovarʹ inojazyčnyx slov [Explanatory Dictionary of Foreign Words] (in Russian), Moscow: Eksmo, page 102b, explains as Ancient Greek ἄφαλος (áphalos, without crest) + -ина (-ina)
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