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Chinese
Etymology
Possibly borrowed from Mongolian ᠰᠢᠯᠦᠭᠦᠰᠦ (silügüsü) (Cyrillic spelling шилүүс (šilüüs)) or Manchu ᠰᡳᠯᡠᠨ (silun), from a Turco-Mongol root.
Compare Chuvash ҫӳлевӗҫ (śülevĕś), Jurchen šilasun, Kalmyk шилүсн (şilüsn), Kazakh сілеусін (sıleusın), Korean 스라소니 (seurasoni), Kyrgyz сүлөөсүн (sülöösün), Uyghur سۈلەيسۈن (süleysün).
Pronunciation
Noun
猞猁猻
- lynx (wild cats of the genus Lynx)
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