павіан

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Pavian, from Dutch baviaan, from French babouin. Compare Russian павиа́н (pavián), Belarusian павія́н (paviján), Polish pawian.

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Noun

павіа́н (paviánm animal (genitive павіа́на, nominative plural павіа́ни, genitive plural павіа́нів)

  1. baboon (an Old World monkey of the genus Papio)
    Hypernym: прима́т m (prymát)
    Hyponym: бабуї́н m (babujín)
  2. (figuratively, derogatory) baboon (foolish person)

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References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “павіан”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 248

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