mercan

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. coral
2. coral (a hard substance made of the skeletons of these organisms.)
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) ellipsis of mercan balığı: Pagrus pagrus (common seabream)

Adj

coral, made of coral

Concepten

koraal

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koraal-

koraalrif

koraalrode

koralen

Vertalingen

corail

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coral

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Koralle

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coral

κοράλλι

مَرْجَان

corallina

coral

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corallino

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corallo

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corallium

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corall

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coralino

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Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Ottomaans-Turks: مرجان

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مرجان (mercan), from Old Anatolian Turkish مرجان (mercān), from Arabic مَرْجَان (marjān), from Classical Syriac ܡܪܰܓܳܢ (margān, “pearl-like”).