Etymology

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Today it means: In Arabic folklore, an extremely large (sea) turtle, the shell of which resembles an island. Full definition →

Arabic سَرَطَان
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromسَرَطَان“crab”
  2. English todayzaratan

Ultimately from Arabic سَرَطَان (saraṭān, “crab”), possibly via Spanish zaratán.

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