Alparslan, forgotten Turkish word for cheetah. Probably originally Alı/Ağlı Pars. Both Arslan and Aslan considered to mean lion in modern Turkish. Alparslan = Alp Arslan. Basically cheetahs were named Alparslan because they had tear marks extending from their eyes that resembles Phoenician and paleo-hebrew Aleph letter (𐤀). Also they are fastest animal. And Alp has meanings surrounding concept of most or max. (Alp mountains, Elephant, Alphabet(all letters) ) Or biggest cat according to old narrower classification. In Modern Turkish Cheetahs referred with loanword “Çita” likewise as it is in English. Cheetahs are not common in the areas where Turkish spoken except Northern Iran (Asiatic Cheetah) where first known instance of this name originates from.
Cheetahs are very similar to cats (Felis catus) and they owned by various historical figures similar to rich Arabs. Size difference despite the similarity is wasn't common and this is another possibility why they got “alp” to beginning of its name. As an instance in Arabic “alf” means thousand, probably over a meaning surrounding max or biggest. In ancient times people didn't even think about numbers above thousand. The Persian name for cheetah (Yüz), means hundred in Turkish. And it is claimed that they were named so due to being a pet like a dog.
Pars actually already means something like cat. It is possible that "Arslan" actually means “with cat”. Splits like “Ars+ılan”. So “Alparslan” was possibly meant: One with the biggest cat. Low possibility or not exactly. However if pars = lion assumed. "Alı pars" means lion with “A”. “Alı pars+ılan” means “with the lion with A”. Pronounced just same as “Alparslan”.
Does it make sense to say “A+lı” in reference to a letter? Or what does "A" mean in Turkish? Not clear but here few example:
- Ağ: web; exclamation for surprising.
- Ağ+la+mak : weep, to cry. (la means with. Technically it mean doing with a. For instance el+le+mek means to touch and derives like hand+with)
(ğ shouldn't confuse you A + ıla + mak is the actually maybe more accurate. Ğ is to seperate roots in many instances. Doesn't impose a meaning by itself.)
(Ironically Persian is called Persian because of obvious reasons. And Aryan is actually the same. In Hebrew and Aramaic Arya means lion. In recent history European possibly distorted matters surrounding it. Almost entire literature is absolute.)
(Akbar The Great. Thankfully. He kept thousand cheetahs in his stable to force history to record this. Or just in case. Alf/Alp = thousand in Arabic. Throughout his reign believed to possess around 9000 cheetahs. This almost makes you question whether the word for thousand in Arabic derives from this instance considering this would most craziest thing one can heard at that time. Cheetahs was commong hunting animal but obviously thousand is way too many to have for hunting purposes. They would need to feed them let alone use them to hunt. I guess this is how history is made when done instead of writing out of thin air. And British seriously committing a genocide on cheetahs in India throughout the history. Well maybe not just on cheetahs. This is no joke during the British colonization period Cheetah went extinct. Literal genocide committed by British.)
(Cheezus Cries; Turkish “çiğ+sız" = without moisture. Kurusu+fiction; Turkish “kuru+su”: Dried of something. Maybe it was a text about how to dry raw meat.)
(Examples are overwhelming not just because of natural causes but additionally as result of intentional placements done by humans. For instance: Quran:3:125 Five thousand marked angels. The word interpreted as thousand, “alf”, only used in few context and two are marked angels and a sign for humanity. There are also verses where a connection mentioned over crying. Maybe those meanings are not completely placed but I have no idea.)