слон

• słon — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

From Proto-Slavic *slonъ, possibly a deverbative from Proto-Slavic *sloniti sę (“to lean against”), relating to а medieval story of а sleeping elephant who leaned against a tree. According to some other sources, it is related to the Turkish arslan (“lion”).

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слон • (slon) m animal (genitive слана́, nominative plural сланы́, genitive plural слано́ў)

1. elephant
2. (chess) bishop

Chess pieces in Belarusian · ша́хматныя фігу́ры (šáxmatnyja fihúry) (layout · text)
каро́ль (karólʹ)	ферзь (fjerzʹ)	ладдзя́ (laddzjá)	слон (slon)	конь (konʹ)	пе́шка (pjéška)

Bulgarian Wikipedia has an article on:

слон

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• Rhymes: -ɔn

From Proto-Slavic *slonъ, possibly a deverbative from Proto-Slavic *sloniti sę (“to lean against”), relating to а medieval story of а sleeping elephant who leaned against a tree. According to some other sources, it is related to the Turkish arslan (“lion”).

слон • (slon) m (feminine слони́ца)

1. elephant (usually a male one)

   Synonym: (obsolete) фил (fil)

   като слон в стъкларски магазин (idiom) ― kato slon v stǎklarski magazin ― like a bull in a china shop (literally, “like an elephant in a chine shop”)

   от мухата прави слон (idiom) ― ot muhata pravi slon ― to make a mountain out of a molehill (literally, “to make an elephant out of a fly”)

• евразийски слон (evrazijski slon, “gen. Elephas”) (literally: Eurasian elephant)
• африкански слон (afrikanski slon, “gen. Loxodonta”) (literally: African elephant)
• маму́т (mamút, “mammoth”)

• “слон”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “слон”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “слонъ (2)”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. ‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 193
• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “слон²”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 113

From Proto-Slavic *slonъ (“offset”).

слон • (slon) m (dialectal)

1. shelter, offset (used for protection)

   Synonyms: стря́ха (strjáha), на́вес (náves)

2. pen, sheepfold

   Synonyms: коша́ра (košára), коте́ц (kotéc)

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• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “слонъ (1)”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. ‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 193
• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “слон¹”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 112

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slonъ, possibly a deverbative from Proto-Slavic *sloniti sę (“to lean against”), relating to а medieval story of а sleeping elephant who leaned against a tree. According to some other sources, it is related to the Turkish arslan (“lion”).

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слон • (slon) m (plural слонови, feminine слоница, relational adjective слонов, diminutive слонче, augmentative слониште)

1. elephant

Russian Wikipedia has an article on:

слон

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• слонъ (slon) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slonъ, possibly a deverbative from Proto-Slavic *sloniti sę (“to lean against”), relating to а medieval story of а sleeping elephant who leaned against a tree. According to some other sources, it is related to the Turkish arslan (“lion”).

Vovin (2011) proposes that Slavic slonъ reflects Old Chinese 象 (*ljaŋʔ /⁠*slaŋ⁠/, “elephant”), an etymology previously suggested by Ivanov (1977: 156–57) albeit with an incorrect Old Chinese reconstruction *sðaŋ. As Vovin notes, contact between Slavic and Old Chinese is out of the question, so the solution might arise from an intermediary source. Ivanov (1977:154) believes that the Chuvash forms слон (slon), сӑлан (sălan, “elephant”) are Russian loans, with the latter being called into question by Vovin on phonetic grounds. According to him, Russian /o/ (phonetically a diphthong with a mid-high syllabic element ) is unlikely to be borrowed as Chuvash low vowel /a/. The reverse, namely the borrowing of Bulgar slightly labialised /a/ as Slavic /o/ is more than likely. Chuvash сӑлан (sălan, “elephant”) is exactly the expected outcome of the Old Chinese *slaŋ with the insertion of ⟨ă⟩ breaking the OC initial cluster /sl-/ and typical Bulgar shift of Proto-Turkic *ŋ to /n/. The presence of this word in Chuvash places proto-Bulgar speakers in the vicinity of Northern China no later than first century BCE, because approximately after that date the initial clusters in Old Chinese underwent the process of simplification.

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слон • (slon) m anim (genitive слона́, nominative plural слоны́, genitive plural слоно́в, feminine слони́ха, relational adjective слоно́вый or слоно́вий, diminutive сло́ник, augmentative слони́ще or слоня́ра)

1. elephant
2. (chess) bishop
3. (colloquial, usually about children) one who walks loudly or heavily; stomper

• (chess piece): С (S)

• (chess piece): офице́р (oficér) (informal)

• слонёнок m anim (slonjónok)
• слони́ха f anim (sloníxa)
• слоно́вник m (slonóvnik)

Compound words:

• слонопота́м m anim (slonopotám)

Compounds:

• морско́й слон m anim (morskój slon)
• слон в посу́дной ла́вке m anim (slon v posúdnoj lávke)

Phrases

• де́лать из му́хи слона́ impf (délatʹ iz múxi sloná)
• как слону́ дроби́на (kak slonú drobína)

• → Ingrian: slona
• → Kildin Sami: слонн (slonn)
• → Komi-Zyrian: слӧн (slön)
• → Latvian: zilonis

• СЛОН (SLON)

Chess pieces in Russian · ша́хматные фигу́ры (šáxmatnyje figúry) (layout · text)
коро́ль (korólʹ)	ферзь (ferzʹ)	ладья́ (ladʹjá)	слон (slon)	конь (konʹ)	пе́шка (péška)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slonъ, possibly a deverbative from Proto-Slavic *sloniti sę (“to lean against”), relating to а medieval story of а sleeping elephant who leaned against a tree. According to some other sources, it's related to the Turkish arslan (“lion”).

• IPA^(key): /slôn/

сло̏н m (Latin spelling slȍn)

1. elephant

• “слон”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

From Proto-Slavic *slonъ, possibly a deverbative from Proto-Slavic *sloniti sę (“to lean against”), relating to а medieval story of а sleeping elephant who leaned against a tree. According to some other sources, it's related to the Turkish arslan (“lion”).

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слон • (slon) m animal (genitive слона́, nominative plural слони́, genitive plural слоні́в, female equivalent слони́ха, relational adjective слоно́вий or слоня́чий, diminutive слоне́ня or слоня́)

1. elephant

   Synonyms: слін (slin), елефант (elefant)

2. (chess) bishop

Chess pieces in Ukrainian · шахові фігури (šaxovi fihury) (layout · text)
король (korolʹ)	ферзь (ferzʹ)	тура (tura)	слон (slon)	кінь (kinʹ)	пішак (pišak)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “слон”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “слон”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)