ձյունահովազ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

A modern learned formation as ձյուն (jyun) + -ա- (-a-) + հովազ (hovaz). Calque of Russian сне́жный барс (snéžnyj bars).

Pronunciation

Noun

ձյունահովազ • (jyunahovaz)

  1. snow leopard, Uncia uncia

Declension

Further reading

  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S. (1998) “ձյունահովազ”, in Kendanineri anunneri hayeren-ṙuseren-latineren kargabanakan baṙaran. Girkʻ A. Katʻnasunner [An Armenian–Russian–Latin Taxonomic Dictionary of Animal Names. Book I. Mammals] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Pyunik, § 372, page 36
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