ջրախոզուկ

Armenian

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Etymology

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A modern learned formation as ջուր (ǰur) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ խոզուկ (xozuk). Calque of Russian водосви́нка (vodosvínka).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ջրախոզուկ (ǰraxozuk)

  1. capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Ġazaryan, Ṙuben (1998) “ջրախոզուկ”, in Kendanineri anunneri hayeren-ṙuseren-latineren kargabanakan baṙaran. Girkʻ A. Katʻnasunner [An Armenian–Russian–Latin Taxonomic Dictionary of Animal Names. Book I. Mammals] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Pyunik, § 166, page 21