Chagatai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *jolbars (panther, leopard, tiger). Compare Ottoman Turkish یولبارس.

Noun

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یولبارس (yolbars)

  1. tiger

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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

Noun

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یولبارس (yulbars)

  1. maneless lion (Panthera leo goojratensis)
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References

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  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