caplan

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قپلان (kaplan, tiger).

Noun

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caplan m (plural caplani)

  1. (obsolete) a turban made from a tiger pelt worn by Ottoman soldiers

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative caplan caplanul caplani caplanii
genitive-dative caplan caplanului caplani caplanilor
vocative caplanule caplanilor

References

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  • caplan in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN