هیپوپوتام

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French hippopotame (“hippopotamus”), from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos, “hippopotamus”).

Noun

هیپوپوتام • (hipopotam)

  1. hippopotamus, any large, semi-aquatic mammal of the species Hippopotamus amphibius
    Synonyms: آت بالغی (at balığı), صو آیغری (su ayğırı)

Descendants

  • Turkish: hipopotam

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.