صرتلان

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Ottoman Turkish

صرتلان

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sïrtlan (“hyena”); cognate with Bashkir һыртлан (hırtlan), Kyrgyz сырттан (sırttan), Turkmen syrtlan, Uyghur سىرتلان (sirtlan) and Uzbek sirtlon. For the ending, compare آرسلان (arslan, “lion”), قپلان (kaplan, “leopard”) and ییلان (yılan, “snake”).

Noun

صرتلان • (sırtlan)

  1. hyena, any of the medium-sized to large carnivores in the genus Hyaena
    Synonyms: ضبع (zabuʿ), كفتار (keftar)

Descendants

  • Turkish: sırtlan

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