/t͡ʃʰuˈkʰɑ/, [t͡ʃʰukʰɑ́]
OriginFirst attested in Sarafean (1788) glossing Russian щука (ščuka, “pike (fish)”), but in later works the fish is consistently identified with the sterlet. Borrowed from some member of the family discussed at Ottoman Turkish چوقه بالغی (çoka balığı, çuka balığı).
- dialectalsterlet, Acipenser ruthenus
Formsčʻukʻa(romanization) · orthography spelling չուքայ(traditional) · չուքա(nominative, singular) · չուքաներ(nominative, plural) · չուքայի(dative, singular) · չուքաների(dative, plural) · չուքայից(ablative, singular) · չուքաներից(ablative, plural) · չուքայով(instrumental, singular) · չուքաներով(instrumental, plural) · -(locative, singular) · -(locative, plural) · չուքան(definite, nominative, singular) · չուքաները(definite, nominative, plural) · չուքաներն(definite, nominative, plural) · չուքային(dative, definite, singular) · չուքաներին(dative, definite, plural) · չուքաս(first-person, nominative, possessive, singular) · չուքաներս(first-person, nominative, plural, possessive) · չուքայիս(dative, first-person, possessive, singular)