Talk:բադակտուց
Add topicLatest comment: 6 years ago by Vahagn Petrosyan
A calque from Russian утконо́с (utkonós)? Per utramque cavernam 18:57, 17 June 2018 (UTC)
- Or maybe a "loan rendition", as нос ≠ beak. Per utramque cavernam 18:59, 17 June 2018 (UTC)
- The first attestations I find are in English–Armenian dictionaries, published outside Russian-influenced areas. That means English duckbill is a better candidate, especially since its meaning fits ideally and the animal was first encountered by British settlers. --Vahag (talk) 21:04, 17 June 2018 (UTC)