գայլաշուն

Armenian

Etymology

գայլ (gayl, wolf) + -ա- (-a-) + շուն (šun, dog)

Pronunciation

Noun

գայլաշուն • (gaylašun)

  1. jackal
    Synonym: շնագայլ (šnagayl)
  2. wolf dog (dog trained to hunt wolves)
    Synonym: գայլխեղդ (gaylxeġd)
  3. wolf dog (hybrid between a wolf and a dog)

Declension

Further reading

  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “գայլաշուն”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
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