kaplan

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaplan]

kaplan m anim

1. chaplain

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• kaplan in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• kaplan in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Borrowed from Medieval Latin, from Late Latin cappellānus.

kaplan (genitive kaplani, partitive kaplanit)

1. chaplain

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From Ottoman Turkish قپلان‎ (kaplan, “leopard”). Compare Old Turkic [script needed] (kaplan). Equivalent to kap (“to snatch, seize, catch”) +‎ -lan (suffix denoting a wild, predatory animal). Compare aslan (“lion”), yılan (“snake”), sırtlan (“hyena”). Cognate with Turkmen gaplaň, Kazakh қабылан (qabylan).

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kaplan (definite accusative kaplanı, plural kaplanlar)

1. (zoology) tiger

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