Armenian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قپلان (kaplan).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ղափլան (ġapʻlan)

  1. (dialectal) tiger
    Synonym: վագր (vagr)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “խափլան”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 176