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taimen

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A species of salmon (Hucho taimen), living in Siberia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From Russian тайме́нь (tajménʹ, “Hucho taimen”), from Middle Russian таймень (tajmenʹ), from Old Novgorodian таимень (taimenĭ), from Finnish taimen (“Salmo trutta”).

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Alutor: ӄитаӄит (qitaqit) — Hucho taimen
  • Bulgarian: таймен (tajmen) — Hucho taimen
  • Buryat: тула (tula) — Hucho taimen
  • Chinese Mandarin: 哲羅鮭 /哲罗鲑 (zhéluóguī) — Hucho taimen
  • Chinese Mandarin: 哲羅魚 /哲罗鱼 (zhéluóyú) — Hucho taimen
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大紅魚 /大红鱼 (dàhóngyú) — Hucho taimen
  • Daur: xolboor — Hucho taimen
  • Evenki: делӣ (ʒelī) — Hucho taimen
  • Evenki: делбэн (ʒelbən) — Hucho taimen
  • Finnish: siperianjokilohi — Hucho taimen
  • Japanese: アムールイトウ — Hucho taimen
  • Kalmyk: тул (tul) — Hucho taimen
  • Kazakh: таймен (taimen) — Hucho taimen
  • Ket: тоʼт — Hucho taimen
  • Mongolian: тул (tul) — Hucho taimen
  • Mongolian: тул загас (tul zagas) — Hucho taimen
  • Nganasan: колииӈ (koliiŋ) — Hucho taimen
  • Nivkh: тʼыл (tʼəl) — Hucho taimen
  • Nivkh: ӽой (ẋoj) — Hucho taimen
  • Polish: tajmień — Hucho taimen
  • Polish: tajmen — Hucho taimen
  • Russian: тайме́нь (tajménʹ) — Hucho taimen
  • Shor: пел — Hucho taimen
  • Tofa: бел — Hucho taimen
  • Tuvan: бел (bel) — Hucho taimen
  • Yakut: бил (bil) — Hucho taimen