շատակերիկ

Armenian

Etymology

From շատակեր (šataker, glutton) + -իկ (-ik). Calque of New Latin gulo (glutton; wolverine) or of a synonym in some European language: compare English glutton, French glouton, Italian ghiottone, German Vielfraß.

Pronunciation

Noun

շատակերիկ (šatakerik)

  1. wolverine, glutton, Gulo gulo[1]
    Synonym: կուղխ (kułx)

Declension

References

  1. Łazaryan, Ṙ. S. (1998), կուղխ, շատակերիկ”, in Kendanineri anunneri hayeren-ṙuseren-latineren kargabanakan baṙaran. Girkʿ A. Katʿnasunner [An Armenian–Russian–Latin Taxonomic Dictionary of Animal Names. Book I. Mammals] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Pyunik, § 317, page 33
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