name
Meaning 1
A barangay of Burauen, Leyte, Philippines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
takin
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noun
Meaning 2
A goat-antelope, of species Budorcas taxicolor.
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noun
Meaning 3
large heavily built goat antelope of eastern Himalayan area
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gnu goat, Budorcas taxicolor
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: goat antelope
History
Etymology
From a Tibeto-Burman language, probably Miju or Taraon.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Assamese: টাকিন (takin) — goat-antelope
- Bulgarian: такин (takin) — goat-antelope
- Burmese: သားမင်း (sa:mang:) — goat-antelope
- Chinese Mandarin: 羚牛 (língniú) — goat-antelope
- Czech: takin — goat-antelope
- Finnish: takini — goat-antelope
- Irish: taicín — goat-antelope
- Japanese: ターキン (tākin) — goat-antelope
- Korean: 타킨 (takin) — goat-antelope
- Polish: takin — goat-antelope
- Russian: таки́н (takín) — goat-antelope
- Spanish: takín — goat-antelope
- Swahili: takini — goat-antelope
- Tibetan: ར་རྒྱ (ra rgya) — goat-antelope