"simurgh" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sɪˈmʊəɡ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /siˈmʊ(ə)ɹɡ/ [General-American], /ˈsimʊ(ə)ɹɡ/ [General-American] Forms: simurghs [plural], seemurgh [alternative], simorg [alternative], simorgh [alternative], simurg [alternative], Senmurv [alternative, Middle, Persian], Senmurw [alternative, Middle, Persian]
Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)ɡ Etymology: From Classical Persian سیمرغ (sīmurġ). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fa-cls|سیمرغ|tr=sīmurġ}} Classical Persian سیمرغ (sīmurġ) Head templates: {{en-noun}} simurgh (plural simurghs)
  1. (Iranian mythology) A gigantic winged benevolent creature. Tags: Iranian Translations (a mythological bird): সিমোরগ (śimōrog) (Bengali), سیمر (sîmir) (Central Kurdish), सीमुर्ग़ (sīmurġ) [masculine] (Hindi), Самұрық (Samurıq) (Kazakh), 시무르그 (simureugeu) (Korean), synmwlw (sēn-murw) (Middle Persian), سیمرغ (simorġ) (Persian), Симу́рг (Simúrg) [masculine] (Russian), श्येनमृग (śyenamṛga) [masculine] (Sanskrit), Симурғ (Simurġ) (Tajik), Simurg (Turkish), سۇمرۇغ (sumrugh) (Uyghur)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        [
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        "(Iranian mythology) A gigantic winged benevolent creature."
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          "lang_code": "ko",
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          "lang_code": "ckb",
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          "lang_code": "ru",
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          "roman": "śyenamṛga",
          "sense": "a mythological bird",
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          ],
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        },
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          "lang_code": "tg",
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          "sense": "a mythological bird",
          "word": "Симурғ"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
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          "sense": "a mythological bird",
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          "roman": "sumrugh",
          "sense": "a mythological bird",
          "word": "سۇمرۇغ"
        }
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    }
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      "code": "bn",
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      "roman": "śimōrog",
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      "word": "সিমোরগ"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "sīmurġ",
      "sense": "a mythological bird",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "सीमुर्ग़"
    },
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      "code": "kk",
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      "lang_code": "kk",
      "roman": "Samurıq",
      "sense": "a mythological bird",
      "word": "Самұрық"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "simureugeu",
      "sense": "a mythological bird",
      "word": "시무르그"
    },
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      "code": "ckb",
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      "lang_code": "ckb",
      "roman": "sîmir",
      "sense": "a mythological bird",
      "word": "سیمر"
    },
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "roman": "simorġ",
      "sense": "a mythological bird",
      "word": "سیمرغ"
    },
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      "code": "pal",
      "lang": "Middle Persian",
      "lang_code": "pal",
      "sense": "a mythological bird",
      "word": "synmwlw (sēn-murw)"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "Simúrg",
      "sense": "a mythological bird",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Симу́рг"
    },
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      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "lang_code": "sa",
      "roman": "śyenamṛga",
      "sense": "a mythological bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "श्येनमृग"
    },
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      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "lang_code": "tg",
      "roman": "Simurġ",
      "sense": "a mythological bird",
      "word": "Симурғ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "a mythological bird",
      "word": "Simurg"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "lang_code": "ug",
      "roman": "sumrugh",
      "sense": "a mythological bird",
      "word": "سۇمرۇغ"
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}

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