ceylan

Meaning

  1. antelope (any of several African mammals of the family Bovidae)
  2. gazelle

Frequency

34k
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from a Mongolic source, itself ultimately derived from Proto-Turkic *yegren. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰘𐰏𐰼𐰤 (yegren, “reddish (of horses)”).

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