арслң

Kalmyk

Cyrillic	Clear Script
арслң (arslñ)	ᠠᠷᠰᠠᠯᠠᡊ (arsalang)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arˈsləŋk/

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *arsïlan (“lion”).

Noun

арслң • (arslñ)

1. lion
   1. (figuratively) hero

      Synonym: баатр (baatr)

2. (rare) elephant

   Synonym: зан (zan)

Derived terms

• арслң зан (arslñ zan)

Etymology 2

Uncertain. If the same as Etymology 1, then the original coin or currency (that supposedly depicted a lion) is unknown. A folk etymology suggests it is a compound of орс (ors, “Russian”) + Chinese 兩／两 (liǎng), but the shift /o/ > /a/ is not expected.

Noun

арслң • (arslñ)

1. ruble (currency)

References

• Muniev, B. D. (1977) “арслң”, in Калмыцко-русский словарь [Kalmyk–Russian dictionary], Moscow: Издательство "Русский язык", page 50b