猞猁猻

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (猞猁猻)
simp. (猞猁狲)
variant 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), Kalmyk шилүсн (şilüsn), Kazakh сілеусін (silewsin), 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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