Çıpra
Sparus aurata
#nm_0478📍 Turkish Aegean
- Language
- Turkish
- Transliteration
- Chipra
- IPA
- /tʃɯpˈɾa/
Rare regional variant — phonological reduction of Çipura via vowel syncope (çi-pu-ra → çıp-ra) ↳ Attested in some fisheries lists but absent from major dictionaries (Nişanyan, TDK) and FishBase ↳ Ultimately from Modern Greek τσιπούρα tsipoúra via Turkish Çipura/Çupra
Identifying marks: black mark on cheek with orange spot below. Wild (deniz) vs farmed (çiftlik) distinction. Size-based naming in Aegean tradition.