a shark, fish of the superorder Selachimorpha (sometimes also including certain extinct shark-like members of the Elasmobranchii outside this superorder) · a ruthless person · a greedy person
çekim: çoğul haaien
köken: From Middle Dutch haeye, from Old Norse hár (“shark”), with the /j/ appearing influenced by the declined forms /hajə(n)/. Probably from Proto-Germanic *hanh-u-, related to *hakô (“hook”), referring to the shark's back fin. Cognate with Swedish haj, and German Hai.
köken: From Ancient Greek καρχαρίας (karkharías), from κάρχαρος (kárkharos, “sharp, jagged”). Possibly related to κάρκαρος (kárkaros, “coarse, rough”), but also compare χάραξ (khárax, “pointed stake”) and χαράσσω (kharássō, “to sharpen”); also Old Armenian կարկառ (karkaṙ, “heap of stones”).
köken: Nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 사어 (沙魚/鯊魚, sa'eo). Note that Middle Chinese 魚 (MC ngjo) had the consonant /ŋ-/ as an initial, and 상어 (sang'eo) is rather 사(沙) /사(鯊) (sa) + ᆼ (ng) + 어(魚) (eo), which preserves the initial Middle Chinese consonant. Compare 잉어 (ing'eo, “carp”).
shark · the separation of the sole from the front of a shoe or boot (that makes the front of the shoe look like the open mouth of a shark)
çekim: çoğul žraloci · tamlayan žraloka
köken: Coined by Jan Svatopluk Presl based on Polish żarłok (“glutton”). Analyzable as žral + -ok. From žrát (“eat”). First attested in the 19th century. Compare typologically names for wolverine: Bulgarian лакомец (lakomec); Serbo-Croatian žderonja, ждеравац (cognate via Proto-Slavic *žьrati).