ջրախոզուկ

Armenian

Etymology

A modern learned formation as ջուր (ǰur) + -ա- (-a-) + խոզուկ (xozuk). Calque of Russian водосви́нка (vodosvínka).

Pronunciation

Noun

ջրախոզուկ • (ǰraxozuk)

  1. capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris

Declension

Further reading

  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S. (1998) “ջրախոզուկ”, 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, § 166, page 21
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