Nivkh edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian обезья́на (obezʹjána).

Noun edit

обезьяна (obezjjana)

  1. (zoology) monkey

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Russian edit

 
Обезья́на

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic обезьꙗ́на (obezĭjána), обозьꙗ́на (obozĭjána), further borrowed from Persian ابوزینه (abuzina), بوزینه (buzina, simian). Cognates include Old Ruthenian обезъꙗ́на (obezʺjána).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɐbʲɪˈzʲjanə]
  • (file)

Noun edit

обезья́на (obezʹjánaf anim (genitive обезья́ны, nominative plural обезья́ны, genitive plural обезья́н, relational adjective обезья́ний, diminutive обезья́нка)

  1. monkey, ape
    Synonym: (low colloquial or folklore; rare) облизья́на (oblizʹjána)

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References edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “обезьяна”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “обезьяна”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 584