Ruslana

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Feminine form of RUSLAN.

RUSLAN   male   Russian, Tatar, Bashkir, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Ossetian, Chechen, Ingush
Form of YERUSLAN used by Aleksandr Pushkin in his poem 'Ruslan and Ludmila' (1820), which was loosely based on Russian and Tatar folktales of Yeruslan Lazarevich.
YERUSLAN   male   Folklore
From Tatar Uruslan, which was possibly from Turkic arslan meaning "lion". Yeruslan Lazarevich is the name of a hero in Russian and Tatar folktales. These tales were based on (or at least influenced by) Persian tales of their hero Rostam.
MASCULINE FORMS
AZERBAIJANI: Ruslan
BASHKIR: Ruslan
BELARUSIAN: Ruslan
CHECHEN: Ruslan
INGUSH: Ruslan
KAZAKH: Ruslan
KYRGYZ: Ruslan
LITERATURE: Ruslan
OSSETIAN: Ruslan
RUSSIAN: Ruslan
TATAR: Ruslan
UKRAINIAN: Ruslan
UZBEK: Ruslan
OTHER FORMS
FOLKLORE: Yeruslan