köken: From Middle High German elefant, elfant, relatinisation of helfant, from Old High German helfant, from Proto-West Germanic *elpand (“elephant, ivory”).
elephant (large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea) · male elephant
çekim: çoğul éléphants
köken: Inherited from Middle French elephant, from Old French elefant, a borrowing from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφας, ἐλέφαντος (eléphas, eléphantos). The commoner Old French form was olifan(t), whence the modern doublet olifant (“ivory horn”).
aile: avoir des oreilles d'éléphant, défense d'éléphant, éléphant blanc, éléphant d'Afrique, éléphant d'Asie, éléphant de mer, fort comme un éléphant, mémoire d'éléphant, oreille d'éléphant, pattes d'éléphant
köken: From various Old Spanish forms like elifant, alefant and eleofant, all ultimately from Latin elephantis, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphas).
aile: elefante africano, elefante asiático, elefante blanco, elefante en la habitación, elefante indio, elefante marino, elefantino, hacer de una pulga un elefante, hierba de elefante, memoria de elefante
elephant · bishop · one who walks loudly or heavily; stomper
çekim: çoğul слоны́ · tamlayan слона́
eş: офицер, боров, кабан
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slonъ, possibly a deverbative from Proto-Slavic *sloniti sę (“to lean against”), relating to а medieval story of а sleeping elephant who leaned against a tree. According to some other sources, it is related to the Turkish arslan (“lion”). Vovin (2011) proposes that Slavic slonъ reflects Old Chinese 象 (*ljaŋʔ /*slaŋ/, “elephant”), an etymology previously suggested by…
aile: слонёнок, слони́ха, слоно́вник, слонопота́м, де́лать из му́хи слона́, есть слона́ по частя́м, морско́й слон, слон в посу́дной ла́вке, Phrases, как слону́ дроби́на
köken: Borrowed from Classical Persian فیل (fīl), from Arabic فِيلٌ (fīlun), from Middle Persian pyl (/pīl/), from Akkadian 𒄠𒋛 (/pīru/). Compare also Bashkir фил (fil), Tatar фил (fil), Azerbaijani fil, Turkish fil, etc.
köken: Inherited from Chagatai فیل (fīl /fīl/), from Classical Persian فیل (fīl), from Arabic فِيلٌ m (fīlun), Middle Persian 𐭯𐭩𐭫 (pyl /pīl/), from Akkadian 𒄠𒋛 (/pīru/).
köken: First attested as in elpe in 1362. Likely derived from an ancient hydronym, which may derive in turn from a compound of a term cognate to Gothic aljan (“diligence, zeal”) and Proto-Germanic *apa (“current, watercourse”). Compare Aalden, Eelde and Elpe.
köken: From Proto-Slavic *slonъ, possibly a deverbative from Proto-Slavic *sloniti sę (“to lean against”), relating to а medieval story of а sleeping elephant who leaned against a tree. According to some other sources, it's related to the Turkish arslan (“lion”).