килька

See also: кілька

Russian

Etymology

From Estonian kilu + -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkʲilʲkə]

Noun

ки́лька • (kílʹka) f anim (genitive ки́льки, nominative plural ки́льки, genitive plural ки́лек)

  1. sprat, brisling (any of various small marine fish in the family Clupeidae)

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: կիլկի (kilki)

See also

  • шпрот (šprot)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “килька”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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