afalina

English

Etymology

From Turkish afalina.

Noun

afalina (plural afalinas)

1. A Black Sea bottlenose dolphin; Tursiops truncatus.
   • 1982, Administrative Report LJ, page 3:

     The largest and rarest of all three Black Sea dolphins species is the "Black Sea pig" or afalina (Tursiops tursio Fabr.). The external appearance of the afalina differs from that of the other two dolphins. The beak is significantly shorter than that of the common dolphin.

   • 2004, Who is who in Lithuania:

     In 1993 it opened a Dolphinarium whereat presently live seven dolphins - afalinas from the Black Sea. They not only entertain spectators but also gladly communicate with children having disability - […]

   • 2012, Cynthia K. Chandler, Animal Assisted Therapy in Counseling, Routledge, →ISBN, page 232:

     A biotechnical complex had been developed for the dolphin therapy sessions that included Black Sea Afalina dolphins specially trained according to the researcher's methods.

Anagrams

• Alaafin

Turkish

Alternative forms

• afala (İzmir, Rize)^[1]
• afarna (Ordu)^[2]

Etymology

Borrowed into Turkish dialects from dialectal forms of Greek φάλαινα (fálaina), from Ancient Greek φάλλαινα (phállaina, “whale”).^[3][4] Doublet of balina (“whale”).

Noun

afalina (definite accusative afalinayı, plural afalinalar) (Akçaabat, Sürmene, Trabzon)^[5][6][7]

1. bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

   Coordinate terms: mutur, dırdak

Related terms

• falyanos

Descendants

• → Russian: афали́на (afalína), офели́на (ofelína) — obsolete
  • → Abkhaz: афали́на (afalína)
  • → Armenian: աֆալինա (afalina)
  • → Azerbaijani: afalina
  • → Georgian: აფალინა (apalina)
  • → Ukrainian: афалі́на (afalína)
• → English: afalina
• → Romanian: afalin
• → Bulgarian: афа́ла (afála)

References

1. “afala”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, volume 1, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963, page 69b
2. “afarna”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, volume 1, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963, page 71a
3. Georgacas, Demetrius J. (1978) “Turkish Common Names of Aquatic Animals (and Congeners) and Fishing Terms of Greek Origin”, in Bollettino dell'Atlante Linguistico Mediterraneo‎, volume 20, Pisa: Giardini, § 152, page 134 of 119–145
4. Tzitzilis, Christos (1987) Griechische Lehnwörter im Türkischen (mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der anatolischen Dialekte) (Schriften der Balkan-Kommission, philologische Abteilung; 33)‎ (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 556, page 132
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   Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Gedikli, Fethi, Gedikli, Yusuf (2004) “afalina”, in “Kuruçam Köyü Sözlüğü”, in Fethi Gedikli, editor, Akçaabat Yazıları‎ (in Turkish), volume I, an improved version of an unpublished 1977 compilation, Istanbul: Yedirenk, page 160a of 155–292
6. Alşan, Mehmet Hakan, Kutlu, Ekrem, Eyüpoğlu, Murat (2014) “afalina”, in Akçasözlük: Akçaâbad Yöresinin Otantik Söz Varlığı [Akçasözlük: An Authentic Vocabulary of the Akçaabat Region], Istanbul: Kurtuba Kitap, page 43b
7. Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1960) “Türkiye balik adlari [Fish names of Turkey]”, in Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Dergisi‎ (in Turkish), volume 10, page 115 of 111–132

Further reading

• Öztürk, Özhan (2005) “afalina”, in Karadeniz: Ansiklopedik Sözlük [Black Sea: Encyclopaedic Dictionary]‎ (in Turkish), volume I, Istanbul: Heyamola Yayınları, page 16b
• Tzitzilis, Christos (1987) Griechische Lehnwörter im Türkischen (mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der anatolischen Dialekte) (Schriften der Balkan-Kommission, philologische Abteilung; 33)‎ (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 557, page 132, derives the form afala from Hesychian φάλ(λ)α (phál(l)a, “whale”)
• 2002, Alexei Birkun, "The current status of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Black Sea", section 3 ("Range states and common names")