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Kalmyk

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арслң (arslñ) ᠠᠷᠰᠠᠯᠠᡊ (arsalang)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *arsïlan (“lion”).

Noun

арслң • (arslñ)

  1. lion
    1. (figuratively) hero
      Synonym: баатр (baatr)
  2. (rare) elephant
    Synonym: зан (zan)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Uncertain. If the same as Etymology 1, then the original coin or currency (that supposedly depicted a lion) is unknown. A folk etymology suggests it is a compound of орс (ors, “Russian”) + Chinese 兩／两 (liǎng), but the shift /o/ > /a/ is not expected.

Noun

арслң • (arslñ)

  1. ruble (currency)

References

  • Muniev, B. D. (1977) “арслң”, in Калмыцко-русский словарь , Moscow: Издательство "Русский язык", page 50b
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