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tarpan en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtɑːpən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈtɑɹpən/ (General-American)

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian тарпа́н (tarpán), from Turkic (Kazakh тарпаң (tarpaŋ) or Kyrgyz тарпан (tarpan)).

Meanings

  1. An extinct Northern European wild horse, Equus ferus ferus.
    • It’s possible that wild horses, known as tarpans, survived in southern Russia until the nineteenth century, but these may have been hybrids, with genes from domestic horses. 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 256:

Forms

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tarpans Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (6)

fr tarpan (Equus ferus ferus) · pl tarpan (Equus ferus ferus) · hu tarpán (Equus ferus ferus) · it tarpan (Equus ferus ferus) · ru тарпа́н (Equus ferus ferus) · pt tarpã (Equus ferus ferus)