Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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tùljan m (Cyrillic spelling ту̀љан)

  1. (Croatia) seal (pinniped)
    Synonym: (Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro) fȍka

Declension

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References

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  • tuljan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
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