طاوشان

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tabïĺgan (“hare”), a development of *tabïĺ- (“to run”).

Cognates

Cognate with Azerbaijani dovşan, Karakhanid تَڤِشْغانْ (tavïšɣān), Khalaj tavuşğân, Old Turkic 𐱃𐰉𐰽𐰍𐰣 (tabïšɣan), Turkmen towşan, Uyghur توشقان (toshqan), Uzbek tovushqon and Yakut табысхан (tabïsqan).

Noun

طاوشان • (tavşan) (definite accusative طاوشانی (tavşanı), plural طاوشانلر (tavşanlar))

  1. hare, any of several plant-eating mammals of the genus Lepus
    Synonym: ارنب (erneb)

Derived terms

  • آطه طاوشانی (ada tavşanı, “rabbit”)
  • آق طاوشان (ak tavşan, “jerboa”)
  • آمریقا طاوشانی (amerika tavşanı, “chinchilla”)
  • طاوشان آطه‌سی (tavşan adası, “an island in the Sea of Marmara”)
  • طاوشان اوتی (tavşan otu, “beardgrass”)
  • طاوشان اویقوسی (tavşan uykusu, “catnap”)
  • طاوشان بوقی (tavşan boku, “good-for-nothing”, literally “hare's shit”)
  • طاوشان بیغی (tavşan bıyığı, “a kind of clover”)
  • طاوشان قانی (tavşan kanı, “brilliant red”, literally “hare's blood”)
  • طاوشان قولاغی (tavşan kulağı, “sowbread, cyclamen”)
  • طاوشان كوجنی (tavşan güceni, “bunny”)
  • طاوشان كورك (tavşan kürk, “hareskin”)
  • طاوشان پاچه‌سی (tavşan paçası, “sowbread, cyclamen”)
  • طاوشان یاوروسی (tavşan yavrusu, “leveret”)
  • طاوشان یوركلو (tavşan yürekli, “coward”, literally “hare-hearted”)
  • طاوشان یوزلو (tavşan yüzlü, “ugly, hideous”, literally “hare-faced”)
  • طاوشان ییلی (tavşan yılı, “hare's year”)
  • طاوشانجیل (tavşancıl, “Bonelli's eagle”)
  • طاوشانلامق (tavşanlamak, “to become as thin as a hare”)
  • طاوشانلی (tavşanlı, “stocked with hares”)
  • عرب طاوشانی (ʼarab tavşanı, “jerboa”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: tavşan
  • → Armenian: թավշան (tʻavšan)

Further reading

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