arslan

Meaning:
lion

The internal etymology is disputed. The first part of arslan has been connected both with arsal/arsıl “auburn, bay” and comparable forms meaning “wild, fierce”, and with a roar-imitating base; analyses of the final element also differ. The often-proposed segmentation arsıl + -an/-lan should therefore not be treated as certain.

In modern languages

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Language Cognate
Turkmen arslan
Turkish (Azerbaijan) aslan
Turkish (Türkiye) aslan
Salar aslan*
Gagauz aslan
Crimean arslan
Uyghur arslan
Uzbek arslon
Kazakh arıstan
Nogai arslan
Siberian Tatar The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Kyrgyz arstan
Altai arslan
Alan aslan
Kumyk arslan
Tatar arıslan
Bashkir arıślan
Tıva arzılaŋ
Khakas The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Sakha (Yakut, Dolgan) The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Khalaj The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Chuvash The cognate has disappeared from this language.

* Meaning shifted

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Translations

German:
Löwe
Russian:
лев
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
aslan
Turkish (Türkiye):
aslan

  • Hendrik Boeschoten (2022) A dictionary of early middle Turkic p. 37
    arslan 1. ‘lion’ (g.) / arsalan (QK, XŠ and GUL-vocalized) / araslan (DM-so vocalized) / arstlan (CCa) / aslan (KT) | arslanlïq ‘lion-like behaviour’ (XŠ). Arslan 2. ‘Leo’ (IM)
  • Dr. Jens Wilkens (2021) Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen: Altuigurisch – Deutsch – Türkisch | Eski Uygurcanın El Sözlüğü: Eski Uygurca – Almanca – Türkçe p. 65
    1 arslan Löwe (auch in metaphorischer Verwendung), Löwen- || aslan (mecazi kullanımda da), aslan …; Siṃha (Buddhaname) || bir Buda’nın adı (Skt. Siṃha) (s./bk. Mo. arslan, arsalan) arslan asanları Löwen-Throne (Skt. siṃhāsana) || aslan tahtları (Skt. siṃhāsana) arslan änükk(i)yäsi Löwenjunges || aslan yavrusu arslan ätini Löwenstimme, Löwengebrüll (auch Äquivalent von Skt. siṃhanāḍa) || aslan sesi, aslan kükremesi (Skt. siṃhanāḍa’nın da eş değeri) arslan ätinlig der mit der Löwen-Stimme (= Buddha) || aslan sesli (= Buda) arslan hanı König der Löwen || aslan kralı arslan ilinčüsin ilinčülädäči Der das Spiel des Löwen spielt (Skt. Siṃhavikrīḍita = Bodhisattvaname) || aslanın oyununu oynayan (Skt. Siṃhavikrīḍita = bir Bodhisattva’nın adı) arslan köküzlüg mit Löwenbrust || aslan göğüslü arslan oglı Löwenjunges, Löwe || aslan yavrusu, aslan arslan ölürgüči Löwentöter || aslan öldüren arslan silkinigin silkindäči Der (seine Mähne) schüttelt, wie ein Löwe (sie) schüttelt (Bodhisattvaname) || (yelesini) aslanın salladığı gibi sallayan (bir Bodhisattva’nın adı) arslan šazinlıg zum Löwen-Śāsana (scil. zum Buddh.) gehörig || aslan Śāsana’sına (yani, Budizm’e) ait arslan tayı Löwenjunges || aslan yavrusu arslan ugušlug Der aus dem Löwenstamm (Bodhisattvaname) || aslan soylu (bir Bodhisattva’nın adı) arslan yatanıšı Art, wie der Löwe liegt || aslan yatışı türü arslan yorıklıg Der mit dem Löwengang (Skt. Siṃhagati = Buddhaname) || aslan gidişli (Skt. Siṃhagati = bir Buda’nın adı) arslanča ätnä- wie ein Löwe brüllen || aslan gibi kükremek arslanlar ätini Stimme der Löwen || aslanlar sesi arslanlar hanı König der Löwen || aslanlar kralı
  • Gerard Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish p. 238
    arsla:n ‘lion’; animal name w. ending -la:n. An early l.-w. in Mong. as arslan/arsalan. S.i.a.m.l.g., sometimes as aslan or a trisyllable arislan, etc.; frequently occurs as an element in P.N.s. See Doerfer II 453. Uyğ. viii ff. Man.-A arslan oğlu ‘lion-cub’ M I 8, 5; o.o. do. 18, 3; M III 11, 8 (öpün-): Bud. yalŋuklarnıŋ arslanı ‘oh lion among men!’ U I 43, 19; o.o. Suv. 646, 3; USp. 102a. 28: Xak. xi arsla:n al-asad ‘lion’, and kings are called by this name Kaş. III 412 (prov.); I 75, 18 and 409, 9 (alımçı:) and 14 o.o.: KB arslan ‘the constellation Leo’ 140; til arslan turur ‘the tongue is (like) a lion’ 164; o.o. 784, 2047-8, 2354: xiii(?) At. (the monarch is kindly) wa līkin buşarda Şarā arslanı ‘but when he is angry he is like a lion of Şarā’ (place-name, location uncertain) 52; Tef. arslan ‘lion’ 59: xiv Muh. al-sabʿ ‘lion’ arsla:n Mel. 72, 4; Rif. 174; al-asad (a sign of the zodiac) ditto 79, 4; 183: Çağ. xv ff. arsalan (so spelt) şīr ‘lion’, in Ar. asad; also one of the signs of the zodiac; also abbreviated to aslan San. 37r. 6; aslan şīr yaʿni asad, also arsalan do. 40v. 11: Xwar. xiv arslan/arislan Qutb 11, 12; arsla:n MN 64, etc. Kom. xiv ‘lion’ arslan/astlan (sic) CCI; Gr.: Kip. xiii al-asad asla:n (sic) Hou. 11, 12; (in the list of P.N.s) arsla:n racul asad ‘a lion man’ do. 30, 4: xiv arsala:n (sic) al-sabuʿ Id. 11; al-sabʿ arsla:n Bul. 10, 5: xv al-asad arsala:n Kav. 62, 5; arslan Tuh. 4b. 6 a.o.o.
  • M Räsänen, I Kecskeméti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen p. 27
    uig. mtü. IM. čag. otü. osm. az. arslan ’Löwe’, kar. bar. aryslan, kzk. arsylan, osm. blk. krč. aslan id. (> slav. слон ’Elefant’; mo. KWb. 14 arsalan; ung. BTLU 110 oroszlán id.), čuv. uslam ’прибыль, барыш’, uslan-kajə̑k ’лев’; osm. arslanī ’Löwentaler’ (> kalm. KWb. 14 arslɐŋ ’Rubel’) < oir. (in Märchen) arsyl ’wild’, tub. arsyl aba, tel. arsyl aŋ ’Löwe’, soj. arzylaŋ