agent noun of laufen: runner, walker (someone who runs or walks) · runner (strip of fabric; narrow long carpet) · bishop
çekim: çoğul Läufern · tamlayan Läufers
eş: Matte, Vorleger
köken: From Middle High German löufer, löufære, from Old High German loufāri, loupfāri, equivalent to laufen + -er. Compare Dutch loper, English leaper.
eş: agité du bocal, aliéné, avoir été bercé trop près du mur, azimuté, barge, barje
köken: Inherited from Middle French fol, from Old French fol, from Latin follem. Cognate with English fool.
aile: fou de la gâchette, faire que fou, fin de semaine folle, fou à lier, fou comme un balai, fou de joie, fou de rage, fou du roi, fou du volant, fou furieux
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: Etymology tree Akkadian 𒄠𒋛 (pīru)der. Middle Persian pyl (/pīl/)bor. Arabic فِيل (fīl)bor. Persian فیل Borrowed from Arabic فِيل (fīl), borrowed from Middle Persian pyl (/pīl/), from Akkadian 𒄠𒋛 (pīru). Doublet of پیل (pil).
figure (the shape of human body), build · sculpture
çekim: çoğul мүсіндер · tamlayan мүсіннің
köken: Possibly from Arabic مَيْسُون (maysūn, “of beautiful face and body”), although this word is rare in Arabic itself. Also compare сын (syn, “appearance”), of native Turkic origin.
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/).
bishop (an overseer of congregations) · bishop (a game piece)
çekim: çoğul bispos
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese bispo, inherited from Latin episcopus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos). Doublet of epíscopo. Compare Sicilian viscu.
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”).
köken: Inherited from Old Hindi ऊंट (ūṃṭa), from ऊट (ūṭa) with spontaneous nasalization, from Sauraseni Prakrit उट्ट (uṭṭa), from Sanskrit उष्ट्र (uṣṭra, “camel”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *úštras (“camel, buffalo”). Doublet of उष्ट्र (uṣṭra). Cognate with Marathi उंट (uṇṭa) and Nepali उँट (ũṭ).
köken: Inherited from Old Czech *socha meant “mast, pillar, column” and was derived from Proto-Slavic *soxa (“crotch of a tree, trunk ending with a branch stub”) with unsure origins. The current Czech and Slovak meaning derives from the fact such pillars in homes were ornamented with wood carvings.
köken: From ne- (“not”) + bun (“sane”). The sense “bishop (chess piece)” is a semantic loan from French fou, from Spanish alfil, from Arabic الفيل (al-fīl, “elephant, chess bishop”).