gergedan

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish کركدن (kergeden), from Classical Persian کَرْگَدَن (kargadan), from Sanskrit खड्गधेनु (khaḍgadhenu, “female rhinoceros”), the feminine form of खड्ग (khaḍga, “horn, sword”).

• IPA^(key): /ɟeɾ.ɟeˈdan/

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• Hyphenation: ger‧ge‧dan

gergedan (definite accusative gergedanı, plural gergedanlar)

1. rhinoceros (herbivorous ungulate with two horns on its snout)

• “gergedan”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “gergedan”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “gergedan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük