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Ossetian
Etymology
Probably cognate with Northern Kurdish piling (“tiger”), Persian پلنگ (palang, “leopard”), Pashto پړانګ (pṙâng, “leopard”), Sanskrit पृदाकु (pṛdāku, “tiger, panther”).
Noun
фыранк • (fyrank)
- (Iron) leopard, snow leopard
References
- Abajev, V. I. (1958–1995) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press
- Bigulajev, B. B., Gagkajev, K. Je., Kulajev, N. X., Tuajeva, O. N. (1970) “фыранк”, in A. M. Kasajev, editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Ir