sırtlan

Turkish
sırtlan

Etymology

Equivalent to sırt (“coarse back hairs of an animal”) + -lan (“suffix denoting a wild, predatory animal”). Compare aslan (“lion”), yılan (“snake”), kaplan (“tiger”).

Noun

sırtlan (definite accusative sırtlanı, plural sırtlanlar)

  1. hyena (animal)
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