Σαρδέλα
Sardina pilchardus
#nm_0129📍 Greece
- Language
- Greek
- Transliteration
- Sardela
- IPA
- /sarðˈela/
From Italian sardella (small sardine), diminutive of sarda (sardine) ↳ From Latin sardina (sardine) ↳ From Ancient Greek σαρδίνη sardínē (sardine), making the modern word a reborrowing into Greek ↳ From Σαρδώ Sardṓ (Sardinia), the island off which the fish was caught
Named after Sardinia island. Small, oily fish. Documented in Turkish since 1665.
Lent to: Sardalya