The story
- Tatar · derived fromyılan
- Russian · borrowed fromЗилант
- English todayzilant
From Russian Зилант (Zilant), from Tatar yılan/елан (yılan, “snake”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
zilant
Today it means: A winged snake- or dragon-like creature in the mythology of the Russian, Tatar, Chuvash and Mari peoples around Kazan. Full definition →
Russian Зилант ← Tatar yılan