afalin
“afalin” is a Romanian word. Its meaning in English:
noun
- bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (afalina), from Greek φάλαινα (fálaina), from Ancient Greek φάλλαινα (phállaina, “whale”). Doublet of balenă.
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