آرسلان

See also: أرسلان and ارسلان

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *arsïlan (“lion”). For the ending, compare صرتلان (sırtlan, “hyena”), قپلان (kaplan, “leopard, tiger”) and ییلان (yılan, “snake”).

Cognates

Cognate with Azerbaijani arslan, Bashkir арыҫлан (arıślan), Chuvash арӑслан (arăslan), Kazakh арыстан (arystan), Kyrgyz арстан (arstan),Tatar арыслан (arıslan), Turkmen arslan, Uzbek arslon and Uyghur ئارسلان (arslan).

Noun

آرسلان • (arslan) (definite accusative آرسلانی (arslanı), plural آرسلانلر (arslanlar))

  1. lion, any large felid of the species Panthera leo
    Synonyms: اسد (esed), شیر (şir), غضنفر (gazanfer), هزبر (hizebr)
  2. (figuratively) lion, a strong, brave and valiant man

Derived terms

  • آرسلان آغزی (arslan ağızı, “cock, tap”)
  • آرسلان قویروغی (arslan kuyruğu, “motherwort”)
  • آرسلان پنچه‌سی (arslan pençesi, “lady's mantle”)
  • آرسلانجی (arslancı, “keeper of lions”)
  • آرسلانخانه (arslanhane, “menagerie”)
  • آرسلانلنمق (arslanlanmak, “to become brave and bold”)
  • آرسلانلو (arslanlı, “populated by lions”)
  • دیشی آرسلان (dişi arslan, “lioness”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: aslan
  • → Albanian: asllan
  • → Aromanian: aslan
  • → Bulgarian: аслан (aslan)
  • → Greek: ασλάνι (asláni)
  • → Hungarian: arszlán
  • → Macedonian: арслан (arslan)
  • → Middle Armenian: ասլան (aslan)
  • → Romanian: aslan
  • → Ubykh: асԯан (aslˢan)

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