پلنگ

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian پلنگ‎ (palang, “panther; leopard”).

Noun

پلنگ • (peleng)

  1. leopard, a large wild cat native to Africa and Asia (Panthera pardus)
    Synonyms: بارس‎ (bars), قپلان‎ (kaplan), یوز‎ (yuz)
  2. tiger, the largest living felid, indigenous of Asia (Panthera tigris)
    Synonym: قپلان‎ (kaplan)

Derived terms

  • پلنگینه‎ (pelengine, “coat or rug of leopard skin”)
  • پلنگین‎ (pelengin, “leopard-like”)
  • پلنگی‎ (pelengi, “the quality of a leopard”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: peleng
  • → Armenian: փէլէնկ (pʿēlēnk)

Further reading

Persian

پلنگ

Etymology

Compare to Bactrian πορλαγγο-ζινο (porlaggo-zino), Pashto پړانګ‎ (pṙâng), Sanskrit पृदाकु (pṛdāku, “panther”), and Ancient Greek πάρδαλις (párdalis).

Noun

پلنگ • (palang) (plural پلنگ‌ها‎ (palang-hâ))

  1. panther
  2. leopard

Derived terms

  • پلنگی‎ (palangi)

Descendants

Urdu

Noun

پلنگ • (palaṅg) m (Hindi spelling पलंग)

  1. bed
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