пеликан

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

Via a Western language, ultimately from Ancient Greek πελεκάν (pelekán, axe-bill) (whence Latin pelecānus).

Pronunciation

Noun

пелика́н (pelikánm

  1. pelican (seabird of family Pelecanidae)
    Synonyms: (dialectal) не́сит (nésit), (dialectal) батла́н (batlán)

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Hyponyms

References

  • пеликан”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • пеликан”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

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Noun

пеликан (pelikanm (relational adjective пеликански)

  1. pelican

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Russian

Pronunciation

Noun

пелика́н (pelikánm anim (genitive пелика́на, nominative plural пелика́ны, genitive plural пелика́нов)

  1. pelican

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Pelikan, from Latin pelecānus, from Ancient Greek πελεκάν (pelekán).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pelǐkaːn/
  • Hyphenation: пе‧ли‧кан

Noun

пелѝка̄н m (Latin spelling pelìkān)

  1. pelican (seabird)

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References

  • пеликан”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024