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Estonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Finnic *turska, from Proto-Germanic *þurskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- + *-ḱos. Compare Finnish turska.
Pronunciation
Noun
tursk (genitive tursa, partitive turska)
- cod (any marine fish of the family Gadidae)
- Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)
- Synonyms: atlandi tursk, kabeljoo
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Further reading
- “tursk”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
- “tursk”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “tursk”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- tursk in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)