𐰉𐰺𐰽

Meaning: “a large feline”

Inherited from Proto-Common Turkic *bars (“a large feline”) itself of unknown origins. # The general consensus considers it a borrowing from an Iranian language, compare Sogdian 𐼾𐼴𐽀𐼹𐼰𐼻𐼸 (pwrδʾnk), Persian پلنگ (palang) and Sanskrit पृदाकु (pṛdāku, “viper; tiger, panther”). # Nishanyan instead suggests a borrowing from a Tocharian language, compare Tocharian A and B pärs- (“to sprinkle, splash”). Cognate with Turkish pars (“leopard, panther”). Compare also Middle Mongol ᠪᠠᠷᠰ (bars), a Turkic borrowing.