یولبارس

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *jolbars (panther, leopard, tiger).[1]

Noun

یولبارس (yulbars)

  1. maneless lion (Panthera leo goojratensis)

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), *jolbars”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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