tuljan

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Very likely from Czech tuleň in the 19th century (which in turn was borrowed from Russian, and Russian borrowed it from a Sami language).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tǔʎan/
• Hyphenation: tu‧ljan

Noun

tùljan m anim (Cyrillic spelling ту̀љан)

1. (Croatia) seal (pinniped)

   Synonym: fȍka (Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro)

Declension

Declension of tuljan

	singular	plural
nominative	tuljan	tuljani
genitive	tuljana	tuljana
dative	tuljanu	tuljanima
accusative	tuljana	tuljane
vocative	tuljane	tuljani
locative	tuljanu	tuljanima
instrumental	tuljanom	tuljanima

References

• “tuljan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026