ܐܫܬܘܪܓܘܦܠܢܓ štwrgwplng camelopard
MP uštar-gāw-palang [ʾwštlgʾpplng] giraffe (CPD 85), or from NP uštur-gāv-palang the camelopard, or giraffe (Steingass 68) ● BB 501,16 ◆ LS 53b; Lagarde GA 19, 36
MP uštar "camel" is to be compared with Av. uštra-, Ved. uṣṭra- (Mayrhofer EWA 1, 238; KEWA 3, 652); MP gāw "bull, cow" is from IE *gweH3w-, cf. OInd. gaús, Av. gauu- (AirWb 505 ff.), Gr. βοῦς, Lat. bōs; MP palang "leopard" comes from OIr. *pard- spotted, wild animal (Mayrhofer EWA 2, 133), cf. Kurd. pilink; Gr. πάρδος, πάρδαλις, λεόπαρδος.