بارس

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• پارس (pars)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bars (“leopard, large feline”).

Noun

بارس • (bars)

1. cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
2. leopard, panther
3. tiger

Related terms

• یولبارس (yulbars)
• بارس ییل (bars yıl)

Descendants

• Turkish: pars
• → Uyghur: بارس (bars)

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بارس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 320