Armenian

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Etymology

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"Little tuna", from թյունոս (tʻyunos) +‎ -իկ (-ik).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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թյունիկ (tʻyunik) (traditional orthography spelling թիւնիկ) (chiefly Western Armenian)

  1. mackerel
    Synonym: սկումբրիա (skumbria)

Declension

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References

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  • թիւնիկ”, in Bnakan patmutʻiwn, zor yōrineal ē ašakertacʻ meci hōrn Mxitʻaray [Natural history composed by the disciples of great Abbot Mekhitar] (in Armenian), volume II, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, 1844, page 5
  • Kerestedjian, Bedros (1945) “թիւնոս”, in Kerest Haig, editor, Étude philologique et lexicographique de 6000 mots et noms arméniens avec des comparaisons de 100.000 mots de 900 langues et des données historiques et géographiques[1] (in French), London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., page 151
  • Mēnēvišean, Gabriēl (1897) Patkerazard bnakan patmutʻiwn, A. Kendanabanutʻiwn [Illustrated Natural History: 1. Zoology] (in Armenian), Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, § 153, pages 191–192
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (1882–1884) “maquereau”, in Baṙagirkʻ i gałłierēn lezuē i hayerēn [Dictionnaire français-arménien], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian Press, page 781a