afalin

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (afalina), from Greek φάλαινα (fálaina), from Ancient Greek φάλλαινα (phállaina, “whale”). Doublet of balenă.

Noun

afalin m (plural afalini)

1. bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	afalin	afalinul		afalini	afalinii
genitive-dative	afalin	afalinului		afalini	afalinilor
vocative	afalinule			afalinilor

See also

• delfin