kaplan

Betekenis (Engels)

tiger

Sinonieme

leopar

🐆

kana susamış kimse

Vertalings

tigre

🐅

Tiger

🐅

tiger

🐅

tigre

🐅

tijger

🐅

tigre

🐅

tigre

🐅

tigre

🐅

tigris

🐅

τίγρη

piling

🐅

tigre

τίγρης

τίγρις

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Ottoman Turkish: قپلان

Verwante met Kazaks: қабылан

Verwante met Kirgisies: кабылан

Verwante met Turkmeens: gaplaň

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish قپلان (kaplan, “leopard”), from Proto-Turkic *kaplan (“leopard; tiger”). Compare Old Turkic [script needed] (kaplan). Equivalent to kap (“to snatch, seize, catch”) + -lan (suffix denoting a wild, predatory animal). Compare aslan (“lion”), yılan (“snake”), sırtlan (“hyena”). Cognate with Azerbaijani qaplan, Kazakh қабылан (qabylan), Kyrgyz кабылан (kabılan) Turkmen gaplaň.