пеликан

Via a Western language, ultimately from Ancient Greek πελεκάν (pelekán, “axe-bill”) (whence Latin pelecānus).

• IPA^(key): [pɛliˈkan]
• Rhymes: -an

пелика́н • (pelikán) m

1. pelican (seabird of family Pelecanidae)

   Synonyms: (dialectal) не́сит (nésit), (dialectal) батла́н (batlán)

• ро́зов пелика́н (rózov pelikán, “great white pelican, rosy pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus”)
• кафя́в пелика́н (kafjáv pelikán, “brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis”)
• къдрогла́в пелика́н (kǎdrogláv pelikán, “Dalmatian pelican, Pelecanus crispus”)
• австрали́йски пелика́н (avstralíjski pelikán, “Australian pelican, Pelecanus conspicillatus”)

• “пеликан”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “пеликан”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

• IPA^(key): [pɛliˈkan]

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пеликан • (pelikan) m (relational adjective пеликански)

1. pelican

• IPA^(key): [pʲɪlʲɪˈkan]

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пелика́н • (pelikán) m anim (genitive пелика́на, nominative plural пелика́ны, genitive plural пелика́нов, relational adjective пелика́ний)

1. pelican

Borrowed from German Pelikan.

• IPA^(key): /pelǐkaːn/
• Hyphenation: пе‧ли‧кан

пелѝка̄н m anim (Latin spelling pelìkān)

1. pelican (seabird)

   Synonym: нѐсит

• “пеликан”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025