آرسلان

See also: أرسلان‎ and ارسلان‎

Ottoman Turkish

آرسلان

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *arsïlan (“lion”); cognate with Azerbaijani arslan, Bashkir арыҫлан (arıθlan), Chuvash арӑслан (arăslan), Kazakh арыстан (arystan), Kyrgyz арстан (arstan),Tatar арыслан (arıslan), Turkmen arslan, Uzbek arslon and Uyghur ئارسلان‎ (arslan). For the ending, compare صرتلان‎ (sırtlan, “hyena”), قپلان‎ (kaplan, “leopard, tiger”) and ییلان‎ (yılan, “snake”).

Noun

آرسلان • (arslan)

lion, any large felid of the species Panthera leo
Synonyms: اسد‎ (esed), شیر‎ (şir), هزبر‎ (hizebr)
(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”)
آرسلانلنمق‎ (arslanlanmak, “to become brave and bold”)
آرسلانلو‎ (arslanlı, “populated by lions”)
دیشی آرسلان‎ (dişi arslan, “lioness”)

Descendants

Turkish: aslan
→ Aromanian: aslan
→ Hungarian: arszlán
→ Macedonian: арслан (arslan)
→ Middle Armenian: ասլան (aslan)
- Armenian: ասլան (aslan)

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “aslan”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 320
Kélékian, Diran (1911), “آرسلان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 14
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Leo”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 934
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “آرسلان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 142
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “aslan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “آرسلان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 67

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