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[MosJan]

tsovatarekh

ծովատառեխ is it the salmon fish ?

[Arpa]

<p>tsovatarekh</p> &#1390;&#1400;&#1406;&#1377;&#1407;&#1377;&#1404;&#1381;&#1389;is it the salmon fish ?

Does not seem like it is a salmon. even if they do jump like salmon. It sounds more like what the jews call salted, dried and pickled - Gefilte fish.
http://en.wikipedia....lburnus_tarichi

Alburnus tarichi, known as the tarek, pearl mullet, Van fish. is a species of cyprinid fish, only found in Turkey, where it is the only fish known to inhabit Lake Van.

In Armenian it is spelled Tyun-Ayb- Ra -Yech--Kh. Or Tyun-Ayb-Re-Yech-Kh.

See pages 2406-2407 here;
http://www.nayiri.co...pageNumber=2406
These fish are only found in&#65279; Lake van , it is Pearl mullet

[Arpa]

No, gefilte is soemthing else. This is what I meant

http://www.philamfoo...ismokedhasa.jpg

[Arpa]

Thank you MosJan for urging me to search. I had known that Tarekh was some kind of fish but never knew which.
http://www.google.com/search?q=%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A1+%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%A5%D5%AD&hl=en&tbo=u&rlz=1W1RNTN_en&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ei=dwPRUKvGGbSB0QHyu4CQCw&ved=0CEQQsAQ&biw=1039&bih=447
Tarekh.
http://k2yzcg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pBlJPBbshvTAGYpz64UK8tcszQaZuiSEg_WU5HNoXGMhpN2mPnBPfbyHsUXA92hCeLWnLHRYk94gj-vqDV0x6Iw/tarex.jpg

Van Tarekh
http://www.copypaste.am/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/pizap.com10.17442325083538891341477388716-803.jpg

Edited by Arpa, 18 December 2012 - 06:20 PM.

[MosJan]

i was told that we only had tarekh in Van,
but wan searching TspvaTarekh - our Armenian news sits show many other fish and still use the same name ???

[MosJan]

https://www.google.c...iw=1360&bih=638

[MosJan]

From ծով (çov, “sea”) + տառեխ (taṙex, “herring”).

[MosJan]

http://www.wiktionar...

found the above st this link

[Arpa]

See Ghapantsian page 2140 Where it says tsovayin tarekh is Herring, and that tarekh is limited to Lake Van..
http://nayiri.com/imagedDictionaryBrowser.jsp?dictionaryId=6&pageNumber=2123&goToPage=2140&Go=%D5%91%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%AF%D5%A5%D5%AC

Not to confuse with tareGH the bird.
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http://www.encyclope...p?bId=1&hId=796

Edited by Arpa, 18 December 2012 - 08:59 PM.