koulan en · NOUN
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian кулан (kulan, “Asiatic wild ass”), ultimately from Turkic. Compare Ottoman Turkish قولان (kulan, “wild ass”), Kyrgyz кулан (kulan), Kazakh құлан (qulan), Karakalpak qulan, Nogai кулан (kulan), Bashkir ҡолан (qolan), Tatar колан (qolan), Uyghur قۇلان (qulan), Chagatai قولان (qwlʾn /qulan/) and Mongolian хулан (xulan), a Turkic borrowing.
Meanings
- A subspecies of onager (Equus hemionus), Equus hemionus kulan.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| khulan | alternative | lexicographic | |
| koulans | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| kulan | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Transcaspian wild ass (Equus hemionus kulan) · Turkmenistani onager (Equus hemionus kulan) · Turkmenian kulan (Equus hemionus kulan)
Translations (3)
fi kulaani (Equus hemionus) · ro kulan (Equus hemionus) · pl kułan (Equus hemionus)