arni

See also: Arni and Árni

English

An arni

Etymology

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Noun

arni (plural arnis)

The wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee)
Synonyms: Asian buffalo, Asiatic buffalo, wild Asian buffalo
- 1868, Charles Darwin, The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I.‎:
  Besides these three species and the zebu, the yak, the gayal, and the arni (not to mention the buffalo or genus Bubalus) have been domesticated; making altogether seven species of Bos.
- 1904, Arthur Erwin Brown, “The Zoology of North American Big Game”, in American Big Game in Its Haunts‎:
  In the arni of India they are enormously long.

Translations

the wild water buffalo, Bubalis arnee

German: Arni (de) m
Polish: arni m
Portuguese: arni m

References

Wild water buffalo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Bubalus arnee on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Bubalus arnee on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

ARIN, Arin, Iran, Irân, Irān, NIRA, Nair, RNAi, Rani, Rian, Rina, rain, rani

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English arni.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈar.ɲi/
Rhymes: -arɲi
Syllabification: ar‧ni

Noun

arni m anim (indeclinable)

arni (Bubalus arnee)

Further reading

arni in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
arni in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈni/ [aɦˈni]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾˈni/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁˈni/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aɻˈni/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾˈni/

Noun

arni m (plural arnis)

arni; wild water buffalo; Asiatic buffalo (Bubalus arnee, a bovine of southeast Asia)

Welsh

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈarnɪ/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈarni/

Pronoun

arni

third-person singular feminine of ar

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