FromProto-Turkic*yẹlin(“udder”).

Cognate withTatarҗилен(cilen),Kazakhжелін(jelın),Kyrgyzжелин(jelin),Uzbekyelin,Azerbaijaniyelin,Yakutсирин(sirin,“udder”), etc.

• IPA^(key):[jɪ̞ˈlɪ̞n]
• Hyphenation:е‧лен

елен• (yelen)

1. udder

Inherited fromProto-Slavic*elenь(n-stem).

• IPA^(key):[ɛˈlɛn]

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еле́н• (elén) m (feminineсърна́,diminutiveеле́нче)

1. buck,stag(male adultdeer, a mammal of orderArtiodactyla)

   Coordinate term:лос(los,“moose”)

• “елен”, inРечник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,2014
• “елен”, inРечник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian),Chitanka,2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “елен”, inБългарски етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House,→ISBN, page490
• “ѥлень”, inСтаробългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian),https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg,2011—2025

Inherited fromProto-Slavic*elenь.

• IPA^(key):[ˈɛlɛn]

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елен• (elen) m (feminineкошута,relational adjectiveеленски,diminutiveеленче,augmentativeелениште)

1. deer

• “елен” inДигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu