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

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hipopotam”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1970
• Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “hippopotamus”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 243a
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hipopotam”, in Nişanyan Sözlük