vorvaň

Czech

Etymology

Coined by Jan Svatopluk Presl based on Russian во́рвань (vórvanʹ, “whale fat”),[1][2] from Middle Russian ворвонь (vorvonʹ, “fats, hids or skins of marine mammals”)[3], from Old East Slavic вървонъ (vŭrvonŭ, “huntable marine mammal”), which is conventionally believed to derive from Old East Norse narhval.[4]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈvorvaɲ]

Noun

vorvaň m anim

  1. sperm whale

Declension

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References
  1. Machek, Václav (1968), “vorvaň”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 697
  2. "vorvaň" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
  3. Anikin, A. E. (2009), “ворвань”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 231
  4. http://gramoty.ru/thumbs/bibliography_document_vja-2020.pdf

Further reading
  • vorvaň in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • vorvaň in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
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