şirbit

şirbit

Azerbaijani

Alternative forms

• şirbet, şırbıt, şırvıt – dialectal

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic شَبُّوط‎ (šabbūṭ). For the -r- compare dialectal Armenian շրպոթ (šrpotʿ), շրպութ (šrputʿ) beside շապպոթ (šappotʿ).

Noun

şirbit

1. Caspian barbel, Luciobarbus caspius[1]
2. Bulatmai barbel, Luciobarbus capito[2]

References

1. Lindberg, G. U.; Gerd, A. S. (1972) Slovarʹ nazvanij presnovodnyx ryb SSSR na jazykax narodov SSSR i jevropejskix stran na jazykax narodov SSSR i jevropejskix stran [Dictionary of the names of freshwater fish of the USSR on the languages of the peoples of the USSR and European countries] (in Russian), Leningrad: Nauka, § 12.9.2 (2), page 139
2. Lindberg, G. U.; Gerd, A. S. (1972) Slovarʹ nazvanij presnovodnyx ryb SSSR na jazykax narodov SSSR i jevropejskix stran na jazykax narodov SSSR i jevropejskix stran [Dictionary of the names of freshwater fish of the USSR on the languages of the peoples of the USSR and European countries] (in Russian), Leningrad: Nauka, § 12.9.3 (1), page 139