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kaplan

(Anglais)

tiger

Fréquence

B2
Étymologie (Anglais)

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.

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