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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قپلان (kaplan, “tiger”).
Noun
caplan m (plural caplani)
- (obsolete) a turban made from a tiger pelt worn by Ottoman soldiers
Declension
References
- caplan in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN