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Russian
Etymology
From Turkish afalina,[1] ultimately from Ancient Greek φάλλαινα (phállaina, “whale”).
Pronunciation
Noun
афали́на • (afalína) f anim (genitive афали́ны, nominative plural афали́ны, genitive plural афали́н)
- bottlenose dolphin
Declension
Descendants
See also
References
- ^ 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)