aslan

Meaning

1. lion
2. braveheart

Concepts

lion

🦁

cub

Chinese lion

Fu dog

lioness ж.

Lion

🦁

lioness

Synonyms

ormanlar kralı

başarılı ve aranan kimse

hayvanlar kralı

cesur kimse

Translations

Löwe

🦁

lion

🦁

leeuw

🦁

leão

🦁

λιοντάρι

leone

🦁

león

🦁

leo

🦁

lleó

🦁

أسد

🦁

şêr

🦁

Leu

leon

Löwin

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɑ̟s.ɫɑ̟n/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: آرسلان

Cognate with Azerbaijani: arslan

Cognate with Bashkir: арыҫлан

Cognate with Crimean Tatar: arslan

Cognate with Chuvash: арӑслан

Cognate with Kazakh: арыстан

Cognate with Kyrgyz: арстан

Cognate with Tatar: арыслан

Cognate with Turkmen: arslan

Cognate with Uzbek: arslon

Cognate with Uyghur: ئارسلان

Cognate with Erzya: арыслан

Cognate with Kalmyk: арслң

Cognate with Mongolian: арслан

Cognate with Hungarian: oroszlán

Cognate with Adyghe: аслъан

Cognate with Middle Armenian: ասլան

Cognate with Persian: ارسلان

Cognate with Arabic: أَصْلَان

In summary

From earlier arslan, from Ottoman Turkish آرسلان (arslan), from Proto-Turkic *arsïlan, equivalent to arsıl (“auburn, brown”) + -lan (suffix denoting a wild, predatory animal). Compare kaplan (“tiger”), yılan (“snake”), sırtlan (“hyena”).
Cognate with
Azerbaijani arslan,
Bashkir арыҫлан (arıślan),
Crimean Tatar arslan,
Chuvash арӑслан (arăslan),
Kazakh арыстан (arystan),
Kyrgyz арстан (arstan),
Tatar арыслан (arıslan),
Turkmen arslan,
Uzbek arslon,
Uyghur ئارسلان (arslan).
Compare Erzya арыслан (arïslan), Kalmyk арслң (arslñ), Mongolian арслан (arslan, “lion”). Compare the Turkic borrowings Hungarian oroszlán, Adyghe аслъан (aslˢan), Middle Armenian ասլան (aslan), and the given names Persian ارسلان (arsalân), اصلان (aslân), Arabic أَصْلَان (ʔaṣlān), رِسْلَان (rislān).