caplan

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قپلان (kaplan, “tiger”).

Noun

caplan m (plural caplani)

1. (obsolete) a turban made from a tiger pelt worn by Ottoman soldiers

Declension

Declension of caplan

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) caplan	caplanul	(niște) caplani	caplanii
genitive/dative	(unui) caplan	caplanului	(unor) caplani	caplanilor
vocative	caplanule		caplanilor

References

• caplan in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN