Review of the “Tatar-Russian-Latin Explanatory Dictionary of Ikhthionyms” by O. N. Galimova (Kazan: TLAAI, 2019. – 204 p.)

Abstract

The article reviews the Tatar-Russian-Latin Explanatory Dictionary of fish names (“Balyk atamalarynyn Tatar-Rus-Latin aңlatmaly suzlege” = “Tatar-Russian-Latin Explanatory Dictionary of Ichthyonyms”) by O. Galimova.

The dictionary contains more than 1800 fish names in the Tatar language and their interpretation, next to each term a translation into Russian and a generally accepted scientific term in Latin are given. The terminological dictionary will be useful to biologists, school teachers, a wide range of practitioners in fisheries, as well as to specialists interested in environmental issues, protection and rational use of aquatic biological resources. The article provides information about the structure of the dictionary, various examples from the dictionary and new ichthyonyms proposed by the author.