ирбис

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Mongolian ᠢᠷᠪᠢᠰ (irbis), modern ирвэс (irves), from Proto-Mongolic *irbis, from Proto-Common Turkic *irbiš whence within the distribution of the animal Uzbek ilvirs, Uyghur يىلپىز (yilpiz), Kyrgyz илбирс (ilbirs), Kazakh ілбіс (ılbıs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈirbʲɪs]

Noun

и́рбис • (írbism inan (genitive и́рбиса, nominative plural и́рбисы, genitive plural и́рбисов, relational adjective и́рбисовый)

  1. snow leopard

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: irbis
  • Belarusian: і́рбіс (írbis)
  • Czech: irbis
  • English: irbis
  • Georgian: ირბისი (irbisi)
  • German: Irbis
  • Lithuanian: irbis
  • Nogai: ирбис (irbis)
  • Polish: irbis
  • Romanian: irbis
  • Slovak: irbis
  • Ukrainian: і́рбіс (írbis)

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Common Turkic *irbiš. Cognate to Kyrgyz илбирс (ilbirs), Kazakh ілбіс (ılbıs), Kumyk илбис (ilbis), иблис (iblis), Uzbek ilvirs, Uyghur يىلپىز (yilpiz), etc.

Noun

ирбис • (irbis)

  1. leopard

References

  • Sevortjan, E. V. (1974) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, page 346
  • Tenišev E. R., editor (2001), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: Leksika [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages: Lexis] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Nauka, pages 156, 157