Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian թիւնոս (tʻiwnos). In the form թյուննոս (tʻyunnos) the second -ն- (-n-) has been learnedly restored to conform to the more common Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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թյունոս (tʻyunos) (traditional orthography spelling թիւնոս)

  1. tuna (fish)
    Synonyms: թունա (tʻuna), տունեց (tunecʻ), թոն (tʻon)

Usage notes

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Armenian dictionaries treat թյուն(ն)ոս (tʻyun(n)os) as the standard word for tuna. In practice, it has been displaced by թունա (tʻuna).

Declension

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