Turkish

Proper noun

Aslan

1. (astronomy, astrology) Leo
2. A male given name

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• aslanu

Noun

aslan

1. lion

Turkish

Alternative forms

• arslan

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ارسلان ‎(arslan), from Proto-Turkic [Term?].

Cognate with Azeri aslan, Bashkir арыҫлан ‎(arïθlan), Crimean Tatar arslan, Chuvash арăслан ‎(arăslan), Kazakh арыстан ‎(arıstan), Kyrgyz арстан ‎(arstan), Tatar арыслан ‎(arıslan), Turkmen arslan, Uzbek arslon, Uyghur ئارسلان ‎(arslan).

Compare Erzya арыслан ‎(aryslan), Kalmyk арслң ‎(arslñ). Mongolian арслан ‎(arslan).

Compare also Adyghe аслъан ‎(āsłān), and the given names Persian ارسلان ‎(Arsalân), اصلان ‎(Aslân), Arabic أَصْلَان ‎(ʾaṣlān), Turkic borrowings.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̟s.ɫɑ̟n/

Noun

aslan ‎(definite accusative aslanı, plural aslanlar)

1. (zoology) lion

Declension