قپلان

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Ottoman Turkish

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قپلان

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kaplan (leopard; tiger); cognate with Kazakh қабылан (qabylan) and Turkmen gaplaň. For the ending, compare آرسلان (arslan, lion), صرتلان (sırtlan, hyena) and ییلان (yılan, snake).

Noun

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قپلان (kaplan)

  1. leopard, a large wild cat native to Africa and Asia (Panthera pardus)
    Synonyms: بارس (bars), پلنگ (peleng), یوز (yuz)
  2. tiger, the largest living felid, indigenous of Asia (Panthera tigris)
    Synonym: پلنگ (peleng)

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