καρίς
Melicertus kerathurus
#nm_0379📍 Ancient Greece
- Language
- Ancient Greek
- Transliteration
- karis
- IPA
- /ka.rís/
Origin uncertain, possibly Pre-Greek substrate (Beekes) ↳ Frisk instead took it as a shortened popular form of κάραβος kárabos (a kind of crayfish; beetle) ↳ The element kar- recurs in crustacean and scorpion names across the region (compare Persian xarčang, Old Armenian karič)
Caramote prawn / striped prawn. Formerly Penaeus kerathurus.
Lent to: Γαρίδα