Cheetah Definition
chētə
cheetahs
noun
cheetahs
A swift, long-legged cat (Acinonyx jubatus) of Africa and S Asia, with a small head, nonretractile claws, and a black-spotted coat: it can be trained to hunt.
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cheetahsOrigin of Cheetah
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Hindi चीता (cītā, “leopard", "panther”), ultimately from Sanskrit चित्र (citra, “multicolored", "speckled”) (akin to Old High German haitar (“bright”) > German heiter; Old Norse heiðr) + काय (kāya, “body”), thus "having a spotted body".
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Hindi cītā from Sanskrit citrakāyaḥ tiger, leopard citra- variegated kāyaḥ body kwei-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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