tuljan

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Very likely from Czech tuleň in the 19th century (which in turn was borrowed from Russian, and Russian borrowed it from a Sami language).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tǔʎan/
• Hyphenation: tu‧ljan

Noun

tùljan m (Cyrillic spelling ту̀љан)

1. (Croatia) seal (pinniped)

   Synonym: (Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro) fȍka

Declension

Declension of tuljan

	singular	plural
nominative	tuljan	tuljani
genitive	tuljana	tuljana
dative	tuljanu	tuljanima
accusative	tuljana	tuljane
vocative	tuljane	tuljani
locative	tuljanu	tuljanima
instrumental	tuljanom	tuljanima

References

• “tuljan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025