անձրուկ

Etymology
From, , orthographied reflecting the Western Armenian pronunciation. See the Greek entry for more. , which arrived through Russian.

First found in the Armenian–Latin dictionary of, quoting a geographical work known only to him. Copied from that dictionary into the standard dictionaries and hence accepted as the standard designation of “anchovy” in the literary language. See also, , for other fish names with a similar fate.

Noun

 * 1) anchovy,