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.
any large circular band of material · rim (outer edge of a wheel) · the frame of eyeglasses
çekim: çoğul aros
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese aro of uncertain origin, probably from Latin arvum (“field”) with the initial meaning of outskirts and later rim, since those where usually circular in shape. First attested in c. 13th century. Cognate with Spanish aro and Galician aro.
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”).
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pelǵʰ- Proto-Germanic *felgō Old High German felga Middle High German velge German Felgebor. Polish felga Borrowed from German Felge.
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).