Meanings
caracal1
plural caracals
- A type of cat native to Southern Africa, West Asia, and parts of Central and South Asia, Caracal caracal.
Synonyms: African lynx, Asian lynx, Persian lynx, Indian lynx, desert lynx, lynx, floppa
Caracal2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA type of cat native to Southern Africa, West Asia, and parts of Central and South Asia, Caracal caracal.
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nounof deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
caracal · noun
- Classical Persianسیاهگوش
- Ottoman Turkishقره قولاق
- Frenchcaracal
- Englishcaracal
From French caracal, from Ottoman Turkish قره قولاق (kara kulak, literally “black ear”), a calque of Classical Persian سیاهگوش (siyāh-gōš). Compare modern Turkish karakulak.
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Full word history & related roots →Caracal · proper noun
- RomanianCaracal
- EnglishCaracal
From Romanian Caracal.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans rooikat
- rooikatCaracal caracal
Arabic عَنَاق الْأَرْض
- عَنَاق الْأَرْض (ʕanāq al-ʔarḍ)Caracal caracal
Basque karakal
- karakalCaracal caracal
Bulgarian каракал, степен рис
- каракал (karakal)Caracal caracal
- степен рис (stepen ris)Caracal caracal
Catalan caracal
- caracalCaracal caracal
Chinese Mandarin 獰貓 /狞猫
- 獰貓 /狞猫 (níngmāo)Caracal caracal
Czech karakal
- karakalCaracal caracal
Danish karakal
- karakalCaracal caracal
Dutch caracal
- caracalCaracal caracal
Esperanto karakalo
- karakaloCaracal caracal
Estonian karakal
- karakalCaracal caracal
Finnish aavikkoilves, karakali
- aavikkoilvesCaracal caracal
- karakaliCaracal caracal
French caracal
- caracalCaracal caracal
German Karakal
- KarakalCaracal caracal
Hindi स्याहगोश
- स्याहगोश (syāhgoś)Caracal caracal
Hungarian karakál, sivatagi hiúz
- karakálCaracal caracal
- sivatagi hiúzCaracal caracal
Indonesian karakal, caracal
- karakalCaracal caracal
- caracalCaracal caracal
Irish lincse chluasdubh
- lincse chluasdubhCaracal caracal
Italian caracal, lince persiana
- caracalCaracal caracal
- lince persianaCaracal caracal
Japanese カラカル
- カラカル (karakaru)Caracal caracal
Korean 카라칼
- 카라칼 (karakal)Caracal caracal
Latvian karakals
- karakalsCaracal caracal
Lithuanian karakalas
- karakalasCaracal caracal
Malay karakal
- karakalCaracal caracal
Persian سیاهگوش
- سیاهگوش (siyâh-guš)Caracal caracal
Polish karakal
- karakalCaracal caracal
Portuguese caracal
- caracalCaracal caracal
Romanian caraculac
- caraculacCaracal caracal
Russian карака́л
- карака́л (karakál)Caracal caracal
Spanish caracal
- caracalCaracal caracal
Swahili simba mangu
- simba manguCaracal caracal
Swedish ökenlo
- ökenloCaracal caracal
Tamil கறகால், கறகால் பூனை
- கறகால் (kaṟakāl)Caracal caracal
- கறகால் பூனை (kaṟakāl pūṉai)Caracal caracal
Turkish vaşak, karakulak
- vaşakCaracal caracal
- karakulakCaracal caracal
- karakulak kürküCaracal caracal
- karakulak kürkünden kumaşCaracal caracal
Zulu indabushe
- indabusheCaracal caracal
Cite this entry
caracal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caracal
“caracal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caracal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “caracal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caracal.
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