tarpan

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English

An alleged tarpan, possibly a hybrid or feral, 1884

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian тарпа́н (tarpán), from Turkic (Kazakh or Kyrgyz тарпан (tarpan)).

Pronunciation

Noun

tarpan (plural tarpans)

  1. An extinct Northern European wild horse, Equus ferus ferus.
    • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 256:
      It’s possible that wild horses, known as tarpans, survived in southern Russia until the nineteenth century, but these may have been hybrids, with genes from domestic horses.

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French

Etymology

From Kyrgyz тарпан (tarpan).

Pronunciation

Noun

tarpan m (plural tarpans)

  1. tarpan

Further reading

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian тарпа́н (tarpán), from Turkic (Kazakh or Kyrgyz тарпан (tarpan)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtar.pan/
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  • Rhymes: -arpan
  • Syllabification: tar‧pan

Noun

tarpan m animal

  1. tarpan

Declension

Further reading

  • tarpan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tarpan.

Noun

tarpan m (plural tarpani)

  1. tarpan

Declension