πάρδαλις

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

Borrowed from a foreign eastern language. Compare various Indo-Iranian terms like Sogdian 𐼾𐼴𐽀𐼹𐼻𐼸 (pwrδnk), Bactrian πορλαγγο-ζινο (porlango-zino), Pashto پړانګ (pṛāng), Persian پلنگ (palang), and Sanskrit पृदाकु (pṛ́dāku). See also πάνθηρ (pánthēr).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πᾰ́ρδᾰλῐς (pắrdălĭsf (genitive πᾰρδᾰ́λεως); third declension

  1. leopard
  2. panther

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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πάρδαλις, -ιος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1152

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