Common name of Prionace glauca
 
Common name ajkula
Language Serbian
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Serbia
Locality
Ref.
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks The word is nowhere on the coast (of Montenegro and Croatia) vernacular except maybe in Boka Bay [Vinja 1986, I- ref. 52807]. ETYM: Connected to, and probably directly borrowed from Russian àêóëà [akula]. The explanation of -j- with contamination with German Hai(fish) is hypothetical. The Russian word is of Germanic origin, the same one as German Hai.
 
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