Submitted Name Save Gender Masculine Usage Chechen, Ingush, Circassian, Abkhaz, Karachay-Balkar Scripts Беслан(Chechen, Ingush, Abkhaz, Karachay-Balkar) Беслъэн(Eastern Circassian) Беслъан(Western Circassian) Pronounced Pron. byi-SLAN(Russian) [key·IPA] Other Forms FormsBislan Edit Status Status [history·contributorshide contributors] Added 12/27/2016 by highexpectasians Edited 12/7/2020 by lezginkas Meaning & History From the Turkish military title beg meaning "chieftain, master" combined with Turkic arslan meaning "lion".