arni

arni

See also: Arni and Árni

English

An arni

Etymology

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Noun

arni (plural arnis)

1. The wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee)

   Synonyms: Asian buffalo, Asiatic buffalo, wild Asian buffalo

   • 1868, Charles Darwin, The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I.‎:

     Besides these three species and the zebu, the yak, the gayal, and the arni (not to mention the buffalo or genus Bubalus) have been domesticated; making altogether seven species of Bos.

   • 1904, Arthur Erwin Brown, “The Zoology of North American Big Game”, in American Big Game in Its Haunts‎:

     In the arni of India they are enormously long.

Translations

the wild water buffalo, Bubalis arnee

German: Arni (de) m Polish: arni m Portuguese: arni m

References

• Wild water buffalo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bubalus arnee on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Bubalus arnee on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• ARIN, Arin, Iran, Irân, Irān, NIRA, Nair, RNAi, Rani, Rian, Rina, rain, rani

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Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English arni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.ɲi/
• Rhymes: -arɲi
• Syllabification: ar‧ni

Noun

arni m anim (indeclinable)

1. arni (Bubalus arnee)

Further reading

• arni in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• arni in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈni/ [aɦˈni]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈni/ [aɦˈni]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾˈni/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁˈni/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aɻˈni/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾˈni/

Noun

arni m (plural arnis)

1. arni; wild water buffalo; Asiatic buffalo (Bubalus arnee, a bovine of southeast Asia)

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈarnɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈarni/

Pronoun

arni

1. third-person singular feminine of ar