gergedan

 

From Ottoman Turkish کرگدن (kergeden), from Persian کرگدن (karkadan), from Sanskrit खड्गधेनु (khaḍgadhenu, “female rhinoceros”), which is the feminine form of खड्ग (khaḍga, “horn, sword”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ɡeɾ.ɡeˈdan/

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gergedan (definite accusative gergedanı, plural gergedanlar)

1. rhinoceros (herbivorous ungulate with two horns on its snout)

• “gergedan”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu