piranha

Etymology
First attested in 1869. The first part of the term is from. There are several theories regarding the source of second part, including:
 * It may be from, or a cognate.
 * It may be from (which also meant "bad" or "devil" in Tupi-Guaraní).
 * The full term may have been, a variant of , in.

The term entered English via and.

Noun

 * 1)  Any of the carnivorous or frugivorous freshwater fish living in South American rivers and belonging to the subfamily.

Translations

 * Arabic: بِيرَانَا
 * Assamese: পিৰানা
 * Belarusian: піра́ння
 * Bulgarian: пира́ня
 * Catalan:
 * Chamicuro: kas̈hajpa
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 食人鯧,, 比拉魚, 食人魚
 * Czech:
 * Danish: piratfisk
 * Dutch:
 * Faroese: piranja
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Guaraní: pirãi
 * Hebrew: פיראניה
 * Hindi: पिरान्हा
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: piranha
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Malay: ikan pirana, pirana
 * Malayalam: പിരാന
 * Norwegian: piraja
 * Bokmål: piraja
 * Nynorsk: piraja
 * Old Tupi: pirãîa
 * Persian: پیرانا
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: pirania
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: piraňa
 * Spanish:
 * Sranan Tongo: piren
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ปลาปิรันยา
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: піра́нья
 * Vietnamese: cá răng đao, cá piranha

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

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Etymology
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Noun

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Etymology
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