zeren

See also: zérèn

English

Procapra gutturosa

Alternative forms

• dzeren

Etymology

From Russian дзерен (dzeren), from Mongolian зээр (zeer).

Noun

zeren

1. The Mongolian gazelle, Procapra gutturosa.
   • 1953, Brooklyn Entomological Society, Entomologica Americana, volumes 32-33, page 291:

     Only one is strictly Asiatic, Procapra (2), of which one species, P. gutturosa, the zeren, is the type host of Pallas' (1777) Lipoptena antilopes, a ked not seen again for the past 150 years.

   • 1993, Lauren S. Bahr, Bernard Johnston, Goat Gazelle, entry in Collier's Encyclopedia, Volume 2, page 285,

     There are two species of goat gazelles: the goa, or Tibetan, gazelle, Procapra picticandata, and the zeren, or Mongolian, gazelle, P. gutturosa.

   • 2010, Paula Hammond, The Atlas of Endangered Animals: Wildlife Under Threat Around the World, page 195:

     Saigas share part of their home range with the zeren (Procapra gutturosa). These Mongolian antelopes lack the distended nose that characterizes the saiga, but males do develop a similarly curious enlarged throat sac during the mating season.

Translations

Mongolian gazelle — see Mongolian gazelle

Anagrams

• Zener

Basque

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /s̻eɾen/ [s̻e.ɾẽn]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /s̻eɾen/ [s̻e.ɾẽn]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /s̺eɾen/ [s̺e.ɾẽn]

• Rhymes: -eɾen
• Hyphenation: ze‧ren

Etymology 1

Pronoun

zeren

1. genitive indefinite of zer
   1. (archaic) why

      Synonyms: zergatik, zerentzat (Northern)

   2. (before a subordinate clause) since, because

      Synonym: zeren eta

Derived terms

• zeren eta (“because”)

 

Etymology 2

Noun

zeren

1. genitive indefinite of ze

Further reading

• “zeren”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “zeren”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005