Cervus elaphus hanglu

Georg von Simson g.v.simson at EAST.UIO.NO
Wed Dec 2 13:10:05 UTC 1998


>Cervus elaphus hanglu is the zoological name of the red deer that is
>native to Kashmir. "hangul" or "hanglu" is said to be an Indian word,
>but I cannot find it in my Hindi and Urdu dictionaries? Can anyone tell
>me something about it?
>
>--
>Prof. Dr. Ronald E. Emmerick
>Hamburg University

Turner, CDIAL no. 12410, derives hangul from *zArngala, "horned".

Best regards,

Georg v. Simson





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