See meerkat on Wiktionary
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Sometimes suggested to be influenced by or derived from an Indian source; compare Hindi मर्कट (markaṭ, “ape, monkey”) and Sanskrit मर्कट (markaṭa). 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"sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "word": "mýrikøttur" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "word": "surikaatti" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "word": "nelisormimangusti" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "suricate" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "suricato" }, { "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "suriḳaṭi", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "word": "სურიკატი" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "Erdmännchen" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "sourikáta", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "word": "σουρικάτα" }, { "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "word": "סוּרִיקָטָה" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "small 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Equivalent to meer + kat. 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"masculine" ], "word": "меркат" }, { "code": "frr", "lang": "North Frisian", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "word": "eerdmenken" }, { "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "word": "surikat" }, { "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "word": "دمعصایی" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "surykatka" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "suricate" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "suricato" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "suricat" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "surikát", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "сурика́т" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "surikáta", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "сурика́та" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "mirkát", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "мирка́т" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "tags": [ "Cyrillic", "masculine" ], "word": "меркат" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "tags": [ "Latin", "masculine" ], "word": "merkat" }, { "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "surikata" }, { "code": "st", "lang": "Sotho", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "word": "mosha" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "suricata" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "suricato" }, { "code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "word": "nguchiro wa porini" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "surikat" }, { "code": "ta", "lang": "Tamil", "roman": "pālaivaṉak kīri", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "word": "பாலைவனக் கீரி" }, { "code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "miia-kɛ́t", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "word": "เมียร์แคต" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "word": "mirket" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "surykát", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "сурика́т" }, { "code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "word": "cầy vằn bụng đỏ" }, { "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "swricat" }, { "code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "surikate", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "סוריקאַטע" }, { "code": "zu", "lang": "Zulu", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "word": "imhlangala" }, { "code": "zu", "lang": "Zulu", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "word": "ububhibhi" }, { "code": "zu", "lang": "Zulu", "sense": "small carnivorous mammal", "word": "ubuhayi" } ], "word": "meerkat" }
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