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Where does “аслъаншыр” come from?

аслъаншыр (Adyghe) comes from Adyghe аслъан, from Turkish Aslan, from Turkish arslan, from Ottoman Turkish ارسلان, from Proto-Turkic *arsïlan.

аслъаншыр (Adyghe): lion cub

Definitions

  1. lion cub

Ancestry of “аслъаншыр”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Adygheаслъанlion
2TurkishAslan—
3TurkisharslanAlternative spelling of aslan; lion
4Ottoman Turkishارسلانlion
5Proto-Turkic*arsïlan—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *arsïlan →