sırtlan

Meaning

hyena (animal)

Concepts

hyena

hyaena

Synonyms

enik

hayvan yavrusu

kurt

🐺

arslan

Translations

hyène

Hyäne

hyena

iena

ύαινα

hiena

ضبع

hiena

hiena

ضَبْع

hyaena

کمتیار

ièna

hiena

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: صرتلان

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صرتلان (sırtlan, “hyena”), which derives from Proto-Turkic *sïrtlan (“hyena”); equivalent to sırt (“coarse back hairs of an animal”) + -lan (“suffix denoting a wild, predatory animal”). For the suffix, compare aslan (“lion”), yılan (“snake”), kaplan (“tiger”).