пантеръ

Old Ruthenian
пантеръ

Alternative forms
  • пантиръ (pantir), панфиръ (panfir)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic панъфиръ (panŭfirŭ), панъѳиръ (panŭθirŭ), borrowed from Ancient Greek πᾰ́νθηρ (pánthēr)[1]

Noun

пантеръ • (panter) m animal

  1. panther
    Synonym: па́рдусъ (párdus)

References
  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “пантера”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 278: “ст. пантир(ь) (XV-XVI ст.), пантеръ (1512), панфиръ (XVI ст.) ― st. pantyr(ʹ) (XV-XVI st.), panter (1512), panfyr (XVI st.)”
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