linjak

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *liňakъ. First attested in the 17th century. [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lǐɲaːk/

Noun

lìnjāk m anim (Cyrillic spelling лѝња̄к)

  1. tench (Tinca tinca)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko, Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk (2016), “linjak”, in Matasović, Ranko, editor, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume I: A – Nj, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 556

Further reading

  • linjak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026