caracal

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkæ.ɹəˌkæl/
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• General-American: /ˈkæɹ.əˌkæl/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
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• /ˈkeɚ.əˌkæl/ General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
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• /ˈkɛɚ.əˌkæl/ General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
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From Romanian Caracal.

From French caracal, from Ottoman Turkish قره قولاق (kara kulak, literally “black ear”), a calque of Classical Persian سیاهگوش (siyāh-gōš). Compare modern Turkish karakulak.

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: rooikat — Caracal caracal
• Arabic: عَنَاق الْأَرْض (ʕanāq al-ʔarḍ) — Caracal caracal
• Armenian: կարակալ (karakal) — Caracal caracal
• Azerbaijani: qaraqulaq — Caracal caracal
• Basque: karakal — Caracal caracal
• Bulgarian: каракал (karakal) — Caracal caracal
• Bulgarian: степен рис (stepen ris) — Caracal caracal
• Catalan: caracal — Caracal caracal
• Cherokee: ᎢᎾᎨ ᎬᎮ (inage gvhe) — Caracal caracal
• Chinese Mandarin: 獰貓 /狞猫 (níngmāo) — Caracal caracal
• Czech: karakal — Caracal caracal
• Danish: karakal — Caracal caracal
• Dutch: caracal — Caracal caracal
• Esperanto: karakalo — Caracal caracal
• Estonian: karakal — Caracal caracal
• Finnish: aavikkoilves — Caracal caracal
• Finnish: karakali — Caracal caracal
• French: caracal — Caracal caracal
• Georgian: კარაკალი (ḳaraḳali) — Caracal caracal
• German: Karakal — Caracal caracal
• Gujarati: હેણોતરો (heṇotro) — Caracal caracal
• Hausa: metso — Caracal caracal
• Hindi: स्याहगोश (syāhgoś) — Caracal caracal
• Hungarian: karakál — Caracal caracal
• Hungarian: sivatagi hiúz — Caracal caracal
• Ido: karakalo — Caracal caracal
• Indonesian: karakal — Caracal caracal
• Indonesian: caracal — Caracal caracal
• Irish: lincse chluasdubh — Caracal caracal
• Italian: caracal — Caracal caracal
• Italian: lince persiana — Caracal caracal
• Japanese: カラカル (karakaru) — Caracal caracal
• Kazakh: қарақал (qaraqal) — Caracal caracal
• Korean: 카라칼 (karakal) — Caracal caracal
• Kumyk: къаракъулакъ (qaraqulaq) — Caracal caracal
• Central Kurdish: گوێڕەش (gwêrreş) — Caracal caracal
• Northern Kurdish: گۆرەویلک (gorewîlk) — Caracal caracal
• Northern Kurdish: گوھرەشک (guhreşk) — Caracal caracal
• Latvian: karakals — Caracal caracal
• Lithuanian: karakalas — Caracal caracal
• Malay: karakal — Caracal caracal
• Maltese: karakall tal-Asja — Caracal caracal
• Nahuatl: caracalmiztli — Caracal caracal
• Navajo: náshdóí bijaałizhiní — Caracal caracal
• Pashto: تورغوږی — Caracal caracal
• Persian: سیاهگوش (siyâh-guš) — Caracal caracal
• Polish: karakal — Caracal caracal
• Portuguese: caracal — Caracal caracal
• Romanian: caraculac — Caracal caracal
• Russian: карака́л (karakál) — Caracal caracal
• Serbo-Croatian: karakal — Caracal caracal
• Shona: twana — Caracal caracal
• Spanish: caracal — Caracal caracal
• Swahili: simba mangu — Caracal caracal
• Swedish: ökenlo — Caracal caracal
• Tamil: கறகால் (kaṟakāl) — Caracal caracal
• Tamil: கறகால் பூனை (kaṟakāl pūṉai) — Caracal caracal
• Tedaga: ngam ouidenanga — Caracal caracal
• Turkish: vaşak — Caracal caracal
• Turkish: karakulak — Caracal caracal
• Turkish: karakulak kürkü — Caracal caracal
• Turkish: karakulak kürkünden kumaş — Caracal caracal
• Turkmen: garagulak — Caracal caracal
• Udmurt: каракал (karakal) — Caracal caracal
• Uzbek: qoraquloq — Caracal caracal
• Zulu: indabushe — Caracal caracal