абарга
Buryat edit
Adjective edit
абарга • (abarga)
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Buryat абарга (abarga, “large, powerful”); абарга загаһан (abarga zagahan, “mythical fish”). From Mongolian аварга (avarga, “gigantic, enormous”), from Proto-Mongolic *aburγa (“large: of fish, serpents”). Kaluga may be the largest freshwater fish in the world.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
аба́рга • (abárga) f anim (genitive аба́рги, nominative plural аба́рги, genitive plural аба́рг)
- (dialectal, Baikal) kaluga (Huso dauricus) (predatory sturgeon).
- Synonym: калуга (kaluga)
Declension edit
Declension of аба́рга (anim fem-form velar-stem accent-a)
References edit
- Филин, Ф. П., editor (1965), “абарга”, in Slovarʹ russkix narodnyx govorov [Dictionary of Russian Dialects] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow, Leningrad: Nauka, page 188