قپلان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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

قپلان • (kaplan) (definite accusative قپلانی (kaplanı), plural قپلانلر (kaplanlar))

  1. tiger, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia (Panthera tigris)
    Synonyms: ببر (bebr, bebir), پلنك (peleng)
  2. leopard, large wild cat with a spotted coat, native to Africa and Asia (Panthera pardus)
    Synonyms: بارس (bars), ببر (bebr, bebir), پلنك (peleng), یوز (yuz)

Derived terms

  • قپلان اوتی (kaplan otu, “a plant of the aconite family”)
  • قپلان بوغان (kaplan boğan, “aconite”)
  • قپلان پوستی (kaplan postu, “tiger skin; Martagon lily”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kaplan
  • → Albanian: kapllan
  • → Armenian: ղափլան (ġapʻlan), խափլան (xapʻlan), կափլան (kapʻlan)
  • → Greek: καπλάνι (kapláni)

Further reading

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