serval

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From French serval, from Portuguese (lobo) cerval (“Iberian lynx”), from Latin lupus cervārius (literally “stag wolf”), i.e. "wolf that hunts stags", from cervus (“deer, stag”).

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: tierboskat — medium-sized African wild cat
• Amharic: አነር (ʾänär) — medium-sized African wild cat
• Arabic: بَج (baj) — medium-sized African wild cat
• Chinese Cantonese: 藪貓 /薮猫 (sau2 maau1) — medium-sized African wild cat
• Chinese Mandarin: 藪貓 /薮猫 (sǒumāo) — medium-sized African wild cat
• Czech: serval — medium-sized African wild cat
• Dagbani: sulipiɛlli — medium-sized African wild cat
• Southwestern Dinka: dhok — medium-sized African wild cat
• Dutch: serval — medium-sized African wild cat
• Dutch: woestijnlynx — medium-sized African wild cat
• Dyula: jakumawara — medium-sized African wild cat
• Esperanto: servalo — medium-sized African wild cat
• Farefare: saasaa — medium-sized African wild cat
• Finnish: servaali — medium-sized African wild cat
• French: serval — medium-sized African wild cat
• Galician: serval — medium-sized African wild cat
• Georgian: სერვალი (servali) — medium-sized African wild cat
• German: Serval — medium-sized African wild cat
• Hungarian: szervál — medium-sized African wild cat
• Icelandic: gresjuköttur — medium-sized African wild cat
• Ido: servalo — medium-sized African wild cat
• Irish: seirbheal — medium-sized African wild cat
• Italian: gattopardo — medium-sized African wild cat
• Italian: servalo — medium-sized African wild cat
• Japanese: サーバル (sābaru) — medium-sized African wild cat
• Karang: ɗakli — medium-sized African wild cat
• Kasem: ŋwarɩm — medium-sized African wild cat
• Kikuyu: kĩrũũmi — medium-sized African wild cat
• Korean: 서벌 (seobeol) — medium-sized African wild cat
• Maasai: eseperua — medium-sized African wild cat
• Malay: serval — medium-sized African wild cat
• Moore: sulfu — medium-sized African wild cat
• Musgu: ámíl — medium-sized African wild cat
• Nawdm: yuŋgwɛɛga — medium-sized African wild cat
• Pévé: merian — medium-sized African wild cat
• Polish: serwal — medium-sized African wild cat
• Portuguese: serval — medium-sized African wild cat
• Romanian: serval — medium-sized African wild cat
• Russian: серва́л (servál) — medium-sized African wild cat
• Serbo-Croatian: sèrvāl — medium-sized African wild cat
• Soninke: wanjalanŋe — medium-sized African wild cat
• Spanish: serval — medium-sized African wild cat
• Swahili: mondo — medium-sized African wild cat
• Swahili: mondo — medium-sized African wild cat
• Swazi: indloti — medium-sized African wild cat
• Swedish: serval — medium-sized African wild cat
• Telugu: జంగుపిల్లి (jaṅgupilli) — medium-sized African wild cat
• Turkish: serval — medium-sized African wild cat
• Zulu: indlozi — medium-sized African wild cat