猞猁猻

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (猞猁猻)
simp. (猞猁狲)
alternative forms 猞猁孫猞猁孙
失利孫失利孙
扯裏猻扯里狲

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Mongolian ᠰᠢᠯᠦᠭᠦᠰᠦ (silügüsü) or Manchu ᠰᡳᠯᡠᠨ (silun), from a Turco-Mongol root.

Compare Chuvash ҫӳлевӗҫ (śülevĕś), Jurchen šilasun, Kalmyk шилүсн (şilüsn), Kazakh сілеусін (sıleusın), Korean 스라소니 (seurasoni), Kyrgyz сүлөөсүн (sülöösün), Uyghur سۈلەيسۈن (süleysün).

Pronunciation


Noun

猞猁猻

  1. lynx (wild cats of the genus Lynx)

Synonyms

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