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aslan.

lion, any large felid of the species Panthera leo

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/asˈɫan/[ɑ̟sˈɫɑ̟n]
  1. lion, any large felid of the species Panthera leo

  2. lion, a strong, brave and valiant man

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

From earlier arslan, from Ottoman Turkish آرسلان (arslan), from Proto-Turkic *arsïlan, equivalent to arsıl (“auburn, brown”) + -lan (suffix denoting a wild, predatory animal). For the suffix, compare kaplan (“tiger”), sırtlan (“hyena”) and yılan (“snake”). Cognates Cognate with Azerbaijani arslan, Bashkir арыҫлан (arıślan), Chuvash арӑслан (arăslan), Kazakh арыстан (arıstan), Kyrgyz арстан (arstan),Tatar арыслан (arıslan), Turkmen arslan, Uzbek arslon and Uyghur ئارسلان (arslan).

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