شاهین

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شاهین • (šâhin) (plural شاهینها (šâhin-hâ))

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→ Arabic: شَاهِين (šāhīn)

→ Arabic: شَاهِين (šāhīn)

→ Bengali: শাহীন (śahin)

→ Gujarati: શાહીન (śāhīn)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: शाहीन (śāhīn)

Urdu: شاہین (śāhīn)

→ Middle Armenian: շահին (šahin)

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→ Ottoman Turkish: شاهین (şâhîn)
Turkish: şahin
→ Albanian: shahin
→ Greek: σαΐνι (saḯni)
→ Serbo-Croatian: šáhin / ша́хин

→ Russian: шахин (šaxin)

From Middle Persian [script needed] (*šāhēn, literally “majestic, kingly”) and the given name [Inscriptional Pahlavi needed] (šāhēn). By surface analysis, شاه (šâh) + ـین (-in).
Compare Middle Armenian շահէն (šahēn) and Old Armenian Շահէն (Šahēn).


شاهین

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شاهین • (šâhin)

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شاهین • (šâhin)

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→ Arabic: شَاهِين (šāhīn)

→ Arabic: شَاهِين (šāhīn)

→ Turkish: Şahin

a male given name, Shahin, Shaahin, or Shaheen, from Middle Persian.


عقاب

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عقاب • ('oqâb) (plural عقابان ('oqâbân) or عقابها ('oqâb-hâ))

'oqâb (romanization)
عقابان (plural)
عقابها (plural)

→ Gujarati: ઉકાબ (ukāb)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: उक़ाब (uqāb)

Urdu: عقاب (uqāb)

→ Punjabi:

Gurmukhi script: ਉਕਾਬ (ukāb)

Shahmukhi script: عقاب (uqāb)

Borrowed from Arabic عُقَاب (ʕuqāb). Displaced native آله (âloh).


بت

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→ Malayalam: വാത്ത (vātta), വാത്ത് (vāttŭ), പാത്ത (pātta)

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→ Tamil: வாத்து (vāttu)
→ Irula: வாத்து (vāttu)

→ Telugu: బాతు (bātu)

A wanderwort related to Arabic بَطَّة (baṭṭa), بَطّ (baṭṭ), Old Armenian բադ (bad), Hindi बत्तख़ (battax), Punjabi ਬੱਤਖ਼ (battax) / بَطَّخ (bat̤t̤ax), Gujarati બતક (batak).


چوری

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چوری • (čûrî)

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چوری • (čûrî)

Borrowed from Hindustani چوڑی / चूड़ी (cūṛī).

[t͡ʃuː.ˈɾiː]

[t͡ʃʰuː.ɾíː]

[t͡ʃʰuː.ɾíː]

[t͡ʃʰuː.ɾíː]

[t͡ʃʰuː.ɹíː]


بلبل

→ Azerbaijani: bülbül

→ Baluchi: بلبل

→ Bashkir: былбыл (bılbıl)

→ Bengali: বুলবুল (bulbul)

→ Burushaski: bulbul

→ Georgian: ბულბული (bulbuli)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: बुलबुल (bulbul)

Urdu: بلبل (bulbul)

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→ Middle Armenian: բլբուլ (blbul), պլպուլ (plpul)

→ Armenian: բլբուլ (blbul)

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→ Ottoman Turkish: بلبل (bülbül)
Turkish: bülbül
→ Albanian: bilbil
→ Greek: μπιρμπίλι (birmpíli)
→ Ladino: bilbil
→ Northern Kurdish: bilbil
→ Serbo-Croatian: bulbul

→ Punjabi:

Gurmukhi script: ਬੁਲਬੁਲ (bulbul)

Shahmukhi script: بلبل (bulbul)

From Proto-Indo-European *bal-bal- (“babbling, unclear speech”), or from Arabic بُلْبُل (bulbul).


پرنده

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پرنده • (parande) (plural پرندگان (parandegân) or پرندهها (parande-hâ))

parande (romanization)
پرندگان (plural)
پرندهها (plural)
پرندهام (first-person possessive singular)
parandé-am (first-person possessive singular)
Term? (colloquial first-person possessive singular)
parandám (first-person possessive singular)
پرندگانم (first-person possessive singular)
parandegấnam (first-person possessive singular)
parandeấm (first-person possessive singular)
پرندهات (possessive second-person singular)
parandé-at (possessive second-person singular)
Term? (colloquial possessive second-person singular)
parandát (possessive second-person singular)
پرندگانت (possessive second-person singular)
parandegấnat (possessive second-person singular)
parandeất (possessive second-person singular)
پرندهاش (possessive singular third-person)
parandéaš (possessive singular third-person)
Term? (colloquial possessive singular third-person)
parandáš (possessive singular third-person)
پرندگانش (possessive singular third-person)
parandegấnaš (possessive singular third-person)
parandeấš (possessive singular third-person)
پرندهمان (first-person plural possessive)
parandé-mân (first-person plural possessive)
Term? (colloquial first-person plural possessive)
parandámun (first-person plural possessive)
پرندگانمان (first-person plural possessive)
parandegấnemân (first-person plural possessive)
parandeấmun (first-person plural possessive)
پرندهتان (plural possessive second-person)
parandé-tân (plural possessive second-person)
Term? (colloquial plural possessive second-person)
parandátun (plural possessive second-person)
پرندگانتان (plural possessive second-person)
parandegấnetân (plural possessive second-person)
parandeấtun (plural possessive second-person)
پرندهشان (plural possessive third-person)
parandé-šân (plural possessive third-person)
Term? (colloquial plural possessive third-person)
parandášun (plural possessive third-person)
پرندگانشان (plural possessive third-person)
parandegấnešân (plural possessive third-person)
parandeấšun (plural possessive third-person)

→ Gujarati: પરંદા (parandā)

[pʰä.ɾɪ́n̪.d̪ä]

[pʰä.ɾɪ́n̪.d̪ä]

[pʰä.ɾɪ́n̪d̪ä]

[pʰä.ɾín̪d̪ä]

[pʰä.ɾǽn̪.d̪ä]

[pʰäɾ.ɾǽn̪.d̪ä]

From پر (par), present stem of پریدن (paridan, “to fly”), [Term?] + ـنده (-ande, agentive suffix).


طوطی

طوطی • (tuti) (plural طوطیها (tuti-hâ) or طوطیان (tutiân))

tuti (romanization)
طوطیها (plural)
طوطیان (plural)
طوطی (singular)
tutí (singular)
طوطیها (plural)
tuti-hấ (plural)
طوطیا (colloquial plural)
tutiấ (plural)
طوطی را (definite direct-object singular)
tutí râ (definite direct-object singular)
طوطی رو (colloquial definite direct-object singular)
tutí ro (definite direct-object singular)
طوطیها را (definite direct-object plural)
tuti-hấ râ (definite direct-object plural)
طوطیا رو (colloquial definite direct-object plural)
tutiấ ro (definite direct-object plural)
طوطی (ezafe singular)
tutí-ye (ezafe singular)
طوطیهای (ezafe plural)
tuti-hấ-ye (ezafe plural)
طوطیای (colloquial ezafe plural)
tutiấ-ye (ezafe plural)
طوطی (definite relative singular)
طوطی (indefinite singular stressed)
tutí (definite relative singular)
tutí (indefinite singular stressed)
طوطیهایی (definite plural relative)
طوطیهایی (indefinite plural stressed)
tuti-hấ-yi (definite plural relative)
tuti-hấ-yi (indefinite plural stressed)
طوطیایی (colloquial definite plural relative)
طوطیایی (colloquial indefinite plural stressed)
tutiấ-yi (definite plural relative)
tutiấ-yi (indefinite plural stressed)
طوطیام (first-person possessive singular)
tutí-am (first-person possessive singular)
Term? (colloquial first-person possessive singular)
tutím (first-person possessive singular)
طوطیهایم (first-person possessive singular)
tuti-hấyam (first-person possessive singular)
طوطیهام، طوطیام (colloquial first-person possessive singular)
tutiấm (first-person possessive singular)
طوطیات (possessive second-person singular)
tutí-at (possessive second-person singular)
طوطیت (colloquial possessive second-person singular)
tutít (possessive second-person singular)
طوطیهایت (possessive second-person singular)
tuti-hấyat (possessive second-person singular)
طوطیهات، طوطیات (colloquial possessive second-person singular)
tutiất (possessive second-person singular)
طوطیاش (possessive singular third-person)
tutí-aš (possessive singular third-person)
طوطیش (colloquial possessive singular third-person)
tutíš (possessive singular third-person)
طوطیهایش (possessive singular third-person)
tuti-hấyaš (possessive singular third-person)
طوطیهاش، طوطیاش (colloquial possessive singular third-person)
tutiấš (possessive singular third-person)
طوطیمان (first-person plural possessive)
tutíyemân (first-person plural possessive)
طوطیمون (colloquial first-person plural possessive)
tutímun (first-person plural possessive)
طوطیهایمان (first-person plural possessive)
tuti-hấyemân (first-person plural possessive)
طوطیهامون، طوطیامون (colloquial first-person plural possessive)
tutiấmun (first-person plural possessive)
طوطیتان (plural possessive second-person)
tutíyetân (plural possessive second-person)
طوطیتون (colloquial plural possessive second-person)
tutítun (plural possessive second-person)
طوطیهایتان (plural possessive second-person)
tuti-hấyetân (plural possessive second-person)
طوطیهاتون، طوطیاتون (colloquial plural possessive second-person)
tutiấtun (plural possessive second-person)
طوطیشان (plural possessive third-person)
tutíyešân (plural possessive third-person)
طوطیشون (colloquial plural possessive third-person)
tutíšun (plural possessive third-person)
طوطیهایشان (plural possessive third-person)
tuti-hấyešân (plural possessive third-person)
طوطیهاشون، طوطیاشون (colloquial plural possessive third-person)
tutiấšun (plural possessive third-person)
طوطیام (first-person predicative singular)
tutí-am (first-person predicative singular)
طوطیایم (first-person plural predicative)
tutí-im (first-person plural predicative)
طوطیای (predicative second-person singular)
tutí-i (predicative second-person singular)
طوطیاید (plural predicative second-person)
tutí-id (plural predicative second-person)
طوطیاین (colloquial plural predicative second-person)
tutí-in (plural predicative second-person)
طوطی است (predicative singular third-person)
tutí ast (predicative singular third-person)
طوطیه (colloquial predicative singular third-person)
tutí-e (predicative singular third-person)
طوطیاند (plural predicative third-person)
tutí-and (plural predicative third-person)
طوطیان (colloquial plural predicative third-person)
tutí-an (plural predicative third-person)

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→ Georgian: თუთი (tuti), თუთიყუში (tutiq̇uši)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: तोती (totī)

Urdu: طوطی (totī), توتی (totī)

→ Kazakh: тоты (toty)

→ Kyrgyz: тоту (totu)

→ Northern Kurdish: tûtî

→ Ottoman Turkish: توتی (tuti), دودو (dudu), طوطو (dudu, tutu)

Turkish: tutı, tuti, dudu

→ Southern Altai: тотты (tottï)

Borrowed from Sogdian [script needed] (twty /tūtī/) from Indo-Aryan. Compare Middle Armenian թութակ (tʻutʻak), Middle Georgian ტუტაქი (ṭuṭaki), Arabic طُوطَق (ṭūṭaq), طُوطَك (ṭūṭak, “parrot”), Iranian borrowings.


اردک

Borrowed from Turkic. Compare Azerbaijani ördək, Kyrgyz өрдөк (ördök), Tatar ürdäk, Turkish ördek. Early attestations are from the 1500s.


پرستو

[pʰä.ɾäs.t̪ʰúː]

[pʰä.ɾäs.t̪ʰúː]

[pʰä.ɾäs.t̪ʰúː]

[pʰä.ɾäs.t̪ʰú]

[pʰæ.ɹæs.t̪ʰúː]

[pʰä.ɾäs.t̪ʰú]

From Middle Persian [script needed] (plstwk' /*paristōg/, “swallow”) (Manichaean Middle Persian prstwg).

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a female given name, Parastu, Parastou, or Parastoo, from Middle Persian


کلاغ

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کلاغ • (kalâğ) (plural کلاغها (kalâğ-hâ))

[kʰʲæ.lɒ́ːɢ̥]

From a Proto-Iranian root not attested in Middle Persian. Cognate with Mazanderani کلاج (kalāǰ), Gilaki کلاچ (kəlāč), Northern Luri غلا (qelā), Ossetian халон (xalon). Probably ultimately onomatopoeic, but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“crow”); compare Latin corvus, Ancient Greek κόρᾰξ (kórax), Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz.

آن کلاغی که پرید
از فراز سر ما
و فرو رفت در اندیشهٔ آشفتهٔ ابری ولگرد

1963, Forugh Farrokhzad, “فتح باغ”, in تولدی دیگر [Another Birth]:

that crow which flew
above our heads
and went down into the scattered thoughts of a vagabond cloud

ân kolâği ke parid
az farâz-e sar-e mâ
va foru raft dar andiše-ye âšofte-ye abri velgard


چکاوک

چکاوک • (čakâvak)

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چکاوک • (čakâvak)

Compound of چکاو (čakâv) (from Middle Persian) and ـک (-ak).


بوف

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بوف • (buf) (plural بوفها (buf-hâ) or بوفان (bufân))

buf (romanization)
بوفها (plural)
بوفان (plural)

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭡𐭥𐭯 (būf).


بوقلمون

بوقلمون • (buqalamun) (plural بوقلمونها (buqalamun-hâ))

buqalamun (romanization)
بوقلمونها (plural)

Borrowed from Arabic أَبُوقَلَمُون (ʔabūqalamūn), from Ancient Greek ὑποκάλαμον (hupokálamon), originally a Byzantine term used to refer to a precious multi-coloured textile, later used to refer to the bird due to its ability to change the colours of its feathers .

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أَبُوقَلَمُون


بوقلمون

أَبُوقَلَمُون


جغد

Derived from Sogdian [script needed] (cγwty /čaγut/, “owl”).


قو

qu (romanization)
قوها (plural)
قو (singular)
qú (singular)
قوها (plural)
qu-hấ (plural)
قوا (colloquial plural)
quấ (plural)
قو را (definite direct-object singular)
qú râ (definite direct-object singular)
قو رو (colloquial definite direct-object singular)
qú ro (definite direct-object singular)
قوها را (definite direct-object plural)
qu-hấ râ (definite direct-object plural)
قوا رو (colloquial definite direct-object plural)
quấ ro (definite direct-object plural)
قوی (ezafe singular)
qú-ye (ezafe singular)
قوهای (ezafe plural)
qu-hấ-ye (ezafe plural)
قوای (colloquial ezafe plural)
quấ-ye (ezafe plural)
قویی (definite relative singular)
قویی (indefinite singular stressed)
qúi (definite relative singular)
qúi (indefinite singular stressed)
قوهایی (definite plural relative)
قوهایی (indefinite plural stressed)
qu-hấ-i (definite plural relative)
qu-hấ-i (indefinite plural stressed)
قوایی (colloquial definite plural relative)
قوایی (colloquial indefinite plural stressed)
quấ-i (definite plural relative)
quấ-i (indefinite plural stressed)

A Turkic borrowing: compare Azerbaijani qu (“swan”).

قو پرندهٔ قشنگیه.


خروس

xorus (romanization)
xorôs (romanization)

→ Azerbaijani: xoruz

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→ Chagatai: خوراز (ḫoraz), خروس (horus)
Uyghur: خوراز (xoraz), غوراز (ghoraz)
Uzbek: xoʻroz

→ Gagauz: хороз

→ Gujarati: ખુરૂસ (khurūs)

→ Khalaj: xurôs

→ Kipchak:

→ Kipchak–Cuman:

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Armeno-Kipchak: խորոզ (χoroz), խորուզ (χoruz), խորսուղ (χorsuγ)

Crimean Tatar: qoraz, horaz

Cuman: ghorox

Karachay-Balkar: къораз (qoraz), хораз (xoraz)

Karaim: хороз

Krymchak: хороз

Kumyk: хораз (xoraz)

Mamluk-Kipchak: [Arabic needed] (ḫoroz)

→ Kipchak–Nogai:

Kazakh: қораз (qoraz)

Nogai: кораз (koraz)

→ Kyrgyz–Kipchak:

Kyrgyz: короз (koroz)

→ Ottoman Turkish: خروس (ḫoroz), خوروس (ḫoroz)

> Turkish: horoz, (dialectal) ḫoroz (inherited)

→ Turkmen: horaz

→ Urdu: خروس (xurūs)

→ Urum: хороз

→ Urum: хороз

From Middle Persian [script needed] (hlws /xrōs/, “cock”, literally “the caller”), from [script needed] (hlwstn' /xrōstan/, “to call, to cry”).


طاووس

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طاووس • (tâvus)

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طاووس • (tâvus)

[t̪ʰɑː.wúːs]

[t̪ʰɑː.wúːs]

[t̪ʰɑː.wúːs]

[t̪ʰɒː.vúːs]

هر که طاووس خواهد جور هندوستان کشد

har ke tâvus xâhad jowr-e hendustân kešad


غاز

A Turkic borrowing: compare Chagatai غاز (ğaz), Ottoman Turkish قاز (qaz), Azerbaijani qaz. Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kāŕ.


باز

→ Ottoman Turkish: باز

→ Swahili: wazi

(figurative) untied, unraveled, unfolded


باز

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باز • (bâz) (plural بازها (bâz-hâ) or بازان (bâzân))

bâz (romanization)
بازها (plural)
بازان (plural)

→ Bengali: বাজ (baj)

→ Burushaski: baaz

→ Georgian: ბაზი (bazi)

→ Northern Kurdish: baz

→ Hindustani: (see there for further descendants)

Hindi: बाज़ (bāz)

Urdu: باز (bāz)

→ Khalaj: bâz

→ Punjabi:

Gurmukhi script: ਬਾਜ਼ (bāz)

Shahmukhi script: باز (bāz)

→ Ottoman Turkish: باز (baz)

→ Old Armenian: բազէ (bazē)

Armenian: բազե (baze)

From Middle Persian 𐭡𐭠𐭰 (bʾc /bāz/, “hawk, falcon”). Related to Sanskrit भास (bhāsa, “bird of prey”), as well as Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian բազէ (bazē), Georgian ბაზი (bazi), and Classical Syriac ܒܙܝܩܐ (bāzīqā).


هدهد

→ Gujarati: હુદહુદ (hudhud)


توکان

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توکان • (tukân)

fa-noun

توکان • (tukân)


دارکوب

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دارکوب • (dârkub)

fa-noun

دارکوب • (dârkub)

[dɑːɾ.ˈkoːβ]

[d̪ɑːɾ.kʰóːb]

[d̪ɑːɾ.kʰóːb]

[d̪ɑːɾ.kʰóːb]

[d̪ɔːɾ.kʰʊ́ːb̥]

[d̪ɒːɹ.kʰúːb̥]

[d̪ɔɾ.kʰɵ́b]

Compound of دار (“tree”) + کوب, present stem of کوبیدن (kôbidan, “to beat”).


لک‌لک

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لکلک • (lak-lak) (plural لکلکها (lak-lak-hâ))

لکلک (canonical)
lak-lak (romanization)
لکلکها (plural)

→ Chagatai: لکلک (laklak)

Uyghur:

Arabic script: لەگلەك (leglek)

Cyrillic script: ләгләк (leglek)

Uzbek:

Cyrillic script: лайлак (laylak)

Latin script: laylak

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: लकलक (laklak)

Urdu: لَکْلَک (laklak)

→ Karachay-Balkar: лелек (lelek)

→ Karaim: leklek

→ Karakalpak: láylek

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→ Kazakh: ләйлек (läilek), ләйлік (läilık) (proscribed)

→ Russian: леклек (leklek), леглек (leglek) (Orenburg 18th century)

→ Kyrgyz: леклек (leklek), легилек (legilek), илегилек (ilegilek)

→ Old Anatolian Turkish:

Azerbaijani: leylək

Ottoman Turkish: لكلك (leklek, leylek), لیلك (leylek)

Turkish: leylek

→ Armenian: լագլագ (laglag), լակլակ (laklak), լայլակ (laylak), լեյլեկ (leylek)

→ Avar: лакълакъ (laqxʼlaqxʼ)

→ Bulgarian: ле́лек (lélek), леляк (leljak), лейлек (lejlek) (archaic, regional)

→ Church Slavonic: лили́къ (lilíkŭ)

→ Crimean Tatar: lejlek

→ Greek: λελέκι (leléki), λέλεκας (lélekas)

→ Serbo-Croatian: (archaic, regional)

Cyrillic script: ле́лек, лѐјлек

Latin script: lélek, lèjlek

→ Ukrainian: леле́ка (leléka)

→ Pashto: لکلک (laklák), لګلګ (laglág)

→ Tatar: ләкләк (läkläk)

→ Turkmen:

Cyrillic script: леглек

Latin script: leglek

Probably ultimately from Semitic. Compare Akkadian 𒀀𒊩𒄷 (laqlaqqu, “stork”), Arabic لَقْلَق (laqlaq, “stork”), Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܠܲܩܠܵܩܵܐ (laqlāqā, “stork”).


هما

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هما • (homâ)

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هما • (homâ)

From earlier همای (homây), from Middle Persian hwmʾy (humāy).


قوش

→ Gujarati: કૂશ (kūś)

From a Turkic language, from Proto-Turkic *kuĺ (“bird”), cognate to Ottoman Turkish قوش (kuş), Old Turkic 𐰴𐰆𐰽 (qus¹), Azerbaijani quş, etc.


کبوتر

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کبوتر • (kabutar) (plural کبوترها (kabutar-hâ) or کبوتران (kabutarân))

kabutar (romanization)
کبوترها (plural)
کبوتران (plural)

→ Punjabi:

Gurmukhi script: ਕਬੂਤਰ (kabūtar)

Shahmukhi script: کَبُوتَر (kabūtar)

→ Urdu: کَبُوتَر (kabūtar)

[kʰʲæ.buː.t̪ʰǽɹ]

[kʰä.bɵ.t̪ʰǽɾ]

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kpwtl), 𐫐𐫁𐫇𐫤𐫡 (kbwtr /kabōtar/, “pigeon”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kapáwtas (“pigeon”).


قمری

Borrowed from Arabic قُمْرِيّ (qumriyy).

Spilopelia senegalensis
Spilopelia senegalensis#Translingual


خاویار

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خاویار • (xâvyâr)

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خاویار • (xâvyâr)

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→ Byzantine Greek: χαβιάρι (khabiári), χαβιάριον (khabiárion), χαβάρα (khabára) (from 12ᵗʰ century)

Greek: χαβιάρι (chaviári)

→ Arabic: خِبْيَارِيّ (ḵibyāriyy)

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→ Ottoman Turkish: خاویار (havyar)
Turkish: havyar
→ Albanian: havjar
→ Middle Armenian: խաւիար (xawiar)
Armenian: խավիար (xaviar)
→ Bulgarian: хайве́р (hajvér)
→ Italian: caviale
→ French: cavial
→ Medieval Latin: caviarium
→ Serbo-Croatian: àjvār / а̀јва̄р
→ Crimean Tatar: havyar
→ Venetan: caviaro
→ Dutch: kaviaar
→ Middle French: cavyaire
French: caviar
→ Arabic: كَافِيَار (kāfiyār)
→ Catalan: caviar
→ Danish: kaviar
→ Greenlandic: kaviaari
→ English: caviar
→ Korean: 캐비어 (kaebieo)
→ Welsh: cafiâr, cafiar
→ Estonian: kaviaro
→ Faroese: kaviar
→ Finnish: kaviaari
→ Galician: caviar
→ Icelandic: kavíar
→ Norwegian Bokmål: kaviar
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: kaviar
→ Polish: kawior
→ Portuguese: caviar
→ Romanian: caviar
→ Romansch: caviar
→ Spanish: caviar
→ Swahili: kaviar
→ German: Kaviar
→ Czech: kaviár
→ Hungarian: kaviár
→ Macedonian: кавијар (kavijar)
→ Serbo-Croatian: kȁvijār / ка̏вија̄р
→ Slovak: kaviár

Formed in another Indo-Iranian language, equivalent to the common Ossetian кӕф (kæf, “fish”) compounded with well-known Romani jaro which is with their usual prejotation and cluster reduction from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hāndrám (Sanskrit आण्ड (āṇḍa, “egg”)), so literally “fish-eggs”.


کول

From Middle Persian 𐫐𐫇𐫓 (kwl /kōl/, “pit, sink”). Related to کولیدن (kulidan, “to dig, furrow”).
The sense 'lake' probably from a Turkic source, compare Uzbek koʻl (“lake”), Kazakh көл (köl, “lake”), Bashkir күл (kül, “lake”), from Proto-Turkic *kȫl (“lake”).


کفتر

→ Khalaj: kəftər


زاغ

From Middle Iranian, from Proto-Iranian (compare Sogdian [script needed] (zʾγ /zāγ/, “crow”), Northern Kurdish zax (“crow”), Parthian [script needed] (zxs- /zaxs-/, “to sound”)).


چلچله

Reduplication of چل (čel, “speckled; partridge or hazel grouse”) due to its contrasting colours and shape + ـه (-e).


شهباز

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شهباز • (šahbâz) (plural شهبازها (šahbâz-hâ))

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Armenian: Շահբազ (Šahbaz), ⇒ Շահբազյան (Šahbazyan)

→ Azerbaijani: şahbaz

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→ Ottoman Turkish: شاهباز (şahbaz), شهباز (şahbaz), շահպազ (şahbaz) — Armeno-Turkish
Turkish: şahbaz


پور

Borrowed from Bactrian πορο (poro), πουρο (pouro, “son”), from Proto-Iranian *puθráh. Compare Sogdian [script needed] (puric, “lady”), also a Bactrian borrowing. Akin to Avestan 𐬞𐬎𐬚𐬭𐬀 (puθra), Parthian 𐭁𐭓𐭉 (BRY /puhr/). Previously considered a Parthian borrowing.

Francolinus francolinus
Francolinus francolinus#Translingual

(Sistani) (black) francolin, Francolinus francolinus


هزاردستان

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هزاردستان • (hezâr-dastân or hazâr-dastân)

hezâr-dastân (romanization)
hazâr-dastân (romanization)

Dehkhoda Dictionary
Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute
University of Tehran Press

From هزار (hazâr, “thousand”) + دستان (dastân, “voices, songs”).


مرغ مگس‌خوار

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مرغهای مگسخوار

مرغان مگسخوار

مرغ مگسخوار • (morğ-e magas-xâr) (plural مرغهای مگسخوار (morğ-hâ-ye magas-xâr) or مرغان مگسخوار (morğân-e magas-xâr))

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مرغهای مگسخوار

مرغان مگسخوار

مرغ مگسخوار (canonical)
morğ-e magas-xâr (romanization)
مرغهای مگسخوار (plural)
مرغان مگسخوار (plural)

[mʊɾ.ɣɪ mä.ɡäs.xɑːɾ]

[mʊɾ.ɣɪ mä.ɡäs.xɑːɾ]

[mʊɾ.ɣɪ mä.ɡäs.xɑːɾ]

مرغ مگسخوار تنها پرندهای است که میتواند به عقب پرواز بکند.

The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards.

Morğ-e magas-xâr tanhâ parande-i ast ke mi-tavânad be aqab parvâz bekonad.

fa:مرغ مگس‌خوار


ترغای

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ترغای • (torğây)

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ترغای • (torğây)

[t̪oɾ.ɣɑ́ːj]

[t̪oɾ.ɣɑ́ːj]

[t̪oɹ.ɢɒ́ːj]

Borrowed from Chagatai تورغای (torğay, “lark”).


قوی سیاه

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قوی سیاه • (qu-ye siyâh) (plural قوهای سیاه (qu-hâ-ye siyâh))

qu-ye siyâh (romanization)
قوهای سیاه (plural)


ققنوس

ققنوس • (qaqnus) (plural ققنوسها (qaqnus-hâ))

qaqnus (romanization)
ققنوسها (plural)
ققنوس (singular)
qaqnus (singular)
ققنوسها (plural)
qaqnus-hấ (plural)
ققنوسا (colloquial plural)
qaqnusấ (plural)
ققنوس را (definite direct-object singular)
qaqnus râ (definite direct-object singular)
ققنوس رو (colloquial definite direct-object singular)
qaqnuso (definite direct-object singular)
ققنوسها را (definite direct-object plural)
qaqnus-hấ râ (definite direct-object plural)
ققنوسا رو (colloquial definite direct-object plural)
qaqnusấ ro (definite direct-object plural)
ققنوس (ezafe singular)
qaqnus-e (ezafe singular)
ققنوسهای (ezafe plural)
qaqnus-hấ-ye (ezafe plural)
ققنوسای (colloquial ezafe plural)
qaqnusấ-ye (ezafe plural)
ققنوسی (definite relative singular)
ققنوسی (indefinite singular stressed)
qaqnus-i (definite relative singular)
qaqnus-i (indefinite singular stressed)
ققنوسهایی (definite plural relative)
ققنوسهایی (indefinite plural stressed)
qaqnusấn-i, qaqnus-hấ-i (definite plural relative)
qaqnusấn-i, qaqnus-hấ-i (indefinite plural stressed)
ققنوسایی (colloquial definite plural relative)
ققنوسایی (colloquial indefinite plural stressed)
qaqnusấi (definite plural relative)
qaqnusấi (indefinite plural stressed)
ققنوسم (first-person possessive singular)
qaqnusam (first-person possessive singular)
ققنوسهایم (first-person possessive singular)
qaqnus-hấyam (first-person possessive singular)
ققنوسهام، ققنوسام (colloquial first-person possessive singular)
qaqnusấm (first-person possessive singular)
ققنوست (possessive second-person singular)
qaqnusat (possessive second-person singular)
Term? (colloquial possessive second-person singular)
qaqnuset (possessive second-person singular)
ققنوسهایت (possessive second-person singular)
qaqnus-hấyat (possessive second-person singular)
ققنوسهات، ققنوسات (colloquial possessive second-person singular)
qaqnusất (possessive second-person singular)
ققنوسش (possessive singular third-person)
qaqnusaš (possessive singular third-person)
Term? (colloquial possessive singular third-person)
qaqnuseš (possessive singular third-person)
ققنوسهایش (possessive singular third-person)
qaqnus-hấyaš (possessive singular third-person)
ققنوسهاش، ققنوساش (colloquial possessive singular third-person)
qaqnusấš (possessive singular third-person)
ققنوسمان (first-person plural possessive)
qaqnusemân (first-person plural possessive)
ققنوسمون (colloquial first-person plural possessive)
qaqnusemun (first-person plural possessive)
ققنوسهایمان (first-person plural possessive)
qaqnus-hấyemân (first-person plural possessive)
ققنوسهامون، ققنوسامون (colloquial first-person plural possessive)
qaqnusấmun (first-person plural possessive)
ققنوستان (plural possessive second-person)
qaqnusetân (plural possessive second-person)
ققنوستون (colloquial plural possessive second-person)
qaqnusetun (plural possessive second-person)
ققنوسهایتان (plural possessive second-person)
qaqnus-hấyetân (plural possessive second-person)
ققنوسهاتون، ققنوساتون (colloquial plural possessive second-person)
qaqnusấtun (plural possessive second-person)
ققنوسشان (plural possessive third-person)
qaqnusešân (plural possessive third-person)
ققنوسشون (colloquial plural possessive third-person)
qaqnusešun (plural possessive third-person)
ققنوسهایشان (plural possessive third-person)
qaqnus-hấyešân (plural possessive third-person)
ققنوسهاشون، ققنوساشون (colloquial plural possessive third-person)
qaqnusấšun (plural possessive third-person)
ققنوسم (first-person predicative singular)
qaqnusam (first-person predicative singular)
ققنوسیم (first-person plural predicative)
qaqnusim (first-person plural predicative)
ققنوسی (predicative second-person singular)
qaqnusi (predicative second-person singular)
ققنوسید (plural predicative second-person)
qaqnusid (plural predicative second-person)
ققنوسین (colloquial plural predicative second-person)
qaqnusin (plural predicative second-person)
ققنوس است (predicative singular third-person)
qaqnus ast (predicative singular third-person)
ققنوسه (colloquial predicative singular third-person)
qaqnuse (predicative singular third-person)
ققنوسند (plural predicative third-person)
qaqnusand (plural predicative third-person)
ققنوسن (colloquial plural predicative third-person)
qaqnusan (plural predicative third-person)

Borrowed from Arabic قُقْنُوس (quqnūs), from Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos, “swan”).


مرغانه

مرغانه • (morğâne)

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مرغانه • (morğâne)

[mʊɾ.ɣɑː.nǽ]

[mʊɾ.ɣɑː.nǽ]

[mʊɾ.ɣɑː.nǽ]

Borrowed from Mazanderani مرغانه (merğâne).


گنجشک

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گنجشک • (gonješk) (plural گنجشکان (gonješkân))

gonješk (romanization)
گنجشکان (plural)
گنجشک (singular)
gonješk (singular)
گنجشکان (plural)
gonješkấn (plural)
گنجشکا (colloquial plural)
gonješkấ (plural)
گنجشک را (definite direct-object singular)
gonješk râ (definite direct-object singular)
گنجشک رو (colloquial definite direct-object singular)
gonješko (definite direct-object singular)
گنجشکان را (definite direct-object plural)
gonješkấn râ (definite direct-object plural)
گنجشکا رو (colloquial definite direct-object plural)
gonješkấ ro (definite direct-object plural)
گنجشک (ezafe singular)
gonješk-e (ezafe singular)
گنجشکان (ezafe plural)
gonješkấn-e (ezafe plural)
گنجشکای (colloquial ezafe plural)
gonješkấ-ye (ezafe plural)
گنجشکی (definite relative singular)
گنجشکی (indefinite singular stressed)
gonješk-i (definite relative singular)
gonješk-i (indefinite singular stressed)
گنجشکانی (definite plural relative)
گنجشکانی (indefinite plural stressed)
gonješkấn-i (definite plural relative)
gonješkấn-i (indefinite plural stressed)
گنجشکایی (colloquial definite plural relative)
گنجشکایی (colloquial indefinite plural stressed)
gonješkấi (definite plural relative)
gonješkấi (indefinite plural stressed)

[ɡʊn.d͡ʒɪʃk]

[ɡʊn.d͡ʒɪʃk]

[ɡʊn.d͡ʒɪʃk]

From Middle Persian wncšk' (winjišk), from earlier *winǰaicakah. Compare dialectal Persian بنجشک (benješk), Baluchi جنجشک (jinjišk).


کبک

Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)


قلا

قلا • (qelâ)

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قلا • (qelâ)


بانده

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بانده • (bânde)

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بانده • (bânde)


چرخ‌ریسک

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چرخریسک • (čarx-risak) (plural چرخریسکها (čarx-risak-hâ))

چرخریسک (canonical)
čarx-risak (romanization)
چرخریسکها (plural)

From چرخ (čarx) + ریس (ris-) + ـک (-ak).


شانه‌بسر

شانهبسر • (šâne-besar)

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شانهبسر • (šâne-besar)

شانهبسر (canonical)
šâne-besar (romanization)
شانهبسر (singular)
šâne-besar (singular)
شانهبسرها (plural)
šâne-besar-hấ (plural)
شانهبسرا (colloquial plural)
šâne-besarấ (plural)
شانهبسر را (definite direct-object singular)
šâne-besar râ (definite direct-object singular)
شانهبسر رو (colloquial definite direct-object singular)
šâne-besaro (definite direct-object singular)
شانهبسرها را (definite direct-object plural)
šâne-besar-hấ râ (definite direct-object plural)
شانهبسرا رو (colloquial definite direct-object plural)
šâne-besarấ ro (definite direct-object plural)
شانهبسر (ezafe singular)
šâne-besar-e (ezafe singular)
شانهبسرهای (ezafe plural)
šâne-besar-hấ-ye (ezafe plural)
شانهبسرای (colloquial ezafe plural)
šâne-besarấ-ye (ezafe plural)
شانهبسری (definite relative singular)
شانهبسری (indefinite singular stressed)
šâne-besar-i (definite relative singular)
šâne-besar-i (indefinite singular stressed)
شانهبسرهایی (definite plural relative)
شانهبسرهایی (indefinite plural stressed)
šâne-besarấn-i, šâne-besar-hấ-i (definite plural relative)
šâne-besarấn-i, šâne-besar-hấ-i (indefinite plural stressed)
شانهبسرایی (colloquial definite plural relative)
شانهبسرایی (colloquial indefinite plural stressed)
šâne-besarấi (definite plural relative)
šâne-besarấi (indefinite plural stressed)
شانهبسرم (first-person possessive singular)
šâne-besaram (first-person possessive singular)
شانهبسرهایم (first-person possessive singular)
šâne-besar-hấyam (first-person possessive singular)
شانهبسرهام، شانهبسرام (colloquial first-person possessive singular)
šâne-besarấm (first-person possessive singular)
شانهبسرت (possessive second-person singular)
šâne-besarat (possessive second-person singular)
Term? (colloquial possessive second-person singular)
šâne-besaret (possessive second-person singular)
شانهبسرهایت (possessive second-person singular)
šâne-besar-hấyat (possessive second-person singular)
شانهبسرهات، شانهبسرات (colloquial possessive second-person singular)
šâne-besarất (possessive second-person singular)
شانهبسرش (possessive singular third-person)
šâne-besaraš (possessive singular third-person)
Term? (colloquial possessive singular third-person)
šâne-besareš (possessive singular third-person)
شانهبسرهایش (possessive singular third-person)
šâne-besar-hấyaš (possessive singular third-person)
شانهبسرهاش، شانهبسراش (colloquial possessive singular third-person)
šâne-besarấš (possessive singular third-person)
شانهبسرمان (first-person plural possessive)
šâne-besaremân (first-person plural possessive)
شانهبسرمون (colloquial first-person plural possessive)
šâne-besaremun (first-person plural possessive)
شانهبسرهایمان (first-person plural possessive)
šâne-besar-hấyemân (first-person plural possessive)
شانهبسرهامون، شانهبسرامون (colloquial first-person plural possessive)
šâne-besarấmun (first-person plural possessive)
شانهبسرتان (plural possessive second-person)
šâne-besaretân (plural possessive second-person)
شانهبسرتون (colloquial plural possessive second-person)
šâne-besaretun (plural possessive second-person)
شانهبسرهایتان (plural possessive second-person)
šâne-besar-hấyetân (plural possessive second-person)
شانهبسرهاتون، شانهبسراتون (colloquial plural possessive second-person)
šâne-besarấtun (plural possessive second-person)
شانهبسرشان (plural possessive third-person)
šâne-besarešân (plural possessive third-person)
شانهبسرشون (colloquial plural possessive third-person)
šâne-besarešun (plural possessive third-person)
شانهبسرهایشان (plural possessive third-person)
šâne-besar-hấyešân (plural possessive third-person)
شانهبسرهاشون، شانهبسراشون (colloquial plural possessive third-person)
šâne-besarấšun (plural possessive third-person)

From شانه (šâne, “comb”) + به (be, “on”) + سر (sar, “head”).


کلنگ

kolang (romanization)
kolong (romanization)

→ Armenian: քլունգ (kʻlung, “pickaxe”)

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→ Old Anatolian Turkish: كلنك (külünk, külüng, “pickaxe”) [since 13ᵗʰ century]

Azerbaijani: külüng

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Ottoman Turkish: كلنك (külünk), كولونك (külünk)
Turkish: külünk
→ Romanian: chilom

[kʰo.læɲɡʲ̥]

From Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat, strike, break”). Compare کلند (koland).


خوتکا

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خوتکا • (xutkâ)

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خوتکا • (xutkâ)

Borrowed from Gilaki or Mazanderani خوتکا (xutkâ).


غلیواج

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غلیواج • (ğalivâj) (plural غلیواجها (ğalivâj-hâ))

ğalivâj (romanization)
غلیواجها (plural)

[ɣä.leː.wɔːd͡ʒ̥]

Borrowed from a Caspian language where غل (ğal), گل (gal, “mouse”) equalling Classical Persian گرزه (garza, “rat”) was compounded via optional genitive -ē with a cognate of the stem of Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wʾcytn' /vāzītan/, “to carry away”), so literally “mouse-grabber”.


تذرو

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تذرو • (tazarv) (plural تذروها (tazarv-hâ))

→ Gujarati: તદરવ (tadrav)

[t̪ʰä.ˈzäɾw]

[t̪ʰä.ˈzäɾw]

[t̪ʰä.ˈzäɾw]

[t̪ʰä.ˈzäɾw]

[t̪ʰæ.ˈzæɹv]

[t̪ʰä.ˈzäɾw]


درنا

درنا • (dornâ)

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درنا • (dornâ)

From a Turkic source, such as Azerbaijani durna, Chagatai ترنا (turna), Ottoman Turkish طورنه (turna). Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *turńa.


فاخته

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فاخته • (fâxte)

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فاخته • (fâxte)

→ Old Anatolian Turkish: فاخته (fâhte)

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Ottoman Turkish: فاخته (fahte)
Turkish: fattıke (with metathesis)

Classical Azerbaijani: faxtə


بلدرچین

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بلدرچین • (belderčin) (plural بلدرچینها (belderčin-hâ))

belderčin (romanization)
بلدرچینها (plural)

Borrowed from Turkic, likely from Ottoman Turkish بلدرجین (bıldırcın) or Azerbaijani bildirçin, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bïldur-, *buldïr- (“quail”).

تخم بلدرچین


کرکس

کرکس • (karkas) (plural کرکسها (karkas-hâ))

[kʰʲæɹ.kʰʲǽs]

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (klkʾs /kargās/, “vulture”). Cognate to Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬭𐬐𐬁𐬯𐬀 (karkāsa, “vulture”) and borrowings Classical Syriac ܩܰܪܩܳܣܳܐ (qarqāsā, “vulture”), names Biblical Hebrew כַּרְכַּס (karkas, “a chamberlain of Ahasuerus”), Elamite 𒋼𒋡𒅖𒃻 (kar-qa-iš-šá), 𒋼𒁉𒃻 (kar-kaš-šá), 𒋼𒋡𒃻 (kar-qa-šá), 𒋼𒆠𒅖𒃻 (kar-ki-iš-šá). Literally “hen-eater”, from the term underlying Persian کرک (kark, “hen”) and Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“eat”).

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ز تف سر تیغ وز عکس آب
همی در هوا گشت کرکس کباب

1066, Asadī Ṭūsī, گرشاسپنامه [Garshāsp-Nāma]:

Due to the radiance of the blade's edge and the water's reflection,
The vulture in the air was becoming roast meat.

zi taf-i sar-i tēğ w-az aks-i āb
hamē dar hawā gašt karkas kabāb


رشک

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رشک • (rešk)

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رشک • (rešk)

Related to Sanskrit रिक्षा (rikṣā, “nit”). Compare also Latin ricinus in the sense “tick”, but further connections are problematic.


چوغور

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چوغور • (čuğur)

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چوغور • (čuğur)


مرغابی

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مرغابی • (morğâbi)

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مرغابی • (morğâbi)

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→ Gojri: مُرْغَابِیْ (murġābī)

→ Gojri: مُرْغَابِیْ (murġābī)

→ Gujarati: મુરઘાબી (murghābī)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: मुर्ग़ाबी (murġābī)

Hindi: मुर्ग़ाबी (murġābī)

Urdu: مُرْغَابِی (murġābī)

Urdu: مُرْغَابِی (murġābī)

→ Kashmiri:

Arabic script: مُرغابی (murġābī)

Devanagari script: मुरगाबी (muragābī)

Sharada script: 𑆩𑆶𑆫𑆓𑆳𑆧𑆵 (muragābī)

→ Marwari:

Devanagari script: मुरगाबी (murgābī)

Mahajani script: 𑅬𑅒𑅭𑅗𑅪𑅑 (murgbi)

→ Punjabi: murġābī

Gurmukhi script: ਮੁਰਗ਼ਾਬੀ

Shahmukhi script: مُرْغَابِی

→ Saraiki:

Devanagari script: मुरग़ाबी (murġābī)

Multani script: 𑊠𑊢𑊆𑊝 (mrgb)

Shahmukhi script: مُرْغَابِی (murġābī)

→ Sindhi: muraġābī

Arabic script: مُرْغ آبي, مُرْغابي

Arabic script: مُرْغ آبي, مُرْغابي

Devanagari script: मुरग़ाबी

Khojki script: 𑈤𑈯𑈦𑈊𑈶𑈬𑈡𑈮

Khudabadi script: 𑋗𑋣𑋙𑊼𑋩𑋠𑋔𑋢

From مرغ (morğ, “fowl”) + آبی (âbi, “marine, of the water”), literally “water fowl”.


هوبره

hubare (romanization)
hubarre (romanization)

Borrowed from Arabic حُبَارَى (ḥubārā), the original Arabic name for Chlamydotis macqueenii, also applied for the temperate climate Otis tarda and other fowls of the family when the Arabs faced North. Reinterpreted in Persian as آهو (âhu, “gazelle”) + بره (barre, “lamb”) because it runs as fast as the former and is as plump and palatable as a lamb, with similar pairs found in Turkic.


باشه

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باشه • (bāša)

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باشه • (bāša)

From Middle Persian, also borrowed in Arabic بَاشَق (bāšaq). Akin to Mazanderani واشه (vāša, “sparrowhawk”) and Northern Kurdish waşe (“sparrow-hawk”). Connected to Sanskrit भास (bhāsa, “a bird of prey”) and to Persian باز (bâz, “falcon, hawk”).


قرقاول

qarqâvol (romanization)
قرقاولها (plural)

Borrowed from Chagatai قىرغاۋۇل (qirghawul, “pheasant”) (compare Kazakh қырғауыл (qyrğauyl)), likely borrowed from Classical Mongolian [script needed] (girɣaul, ɣurɣuul) (whence Mongolian гургуул (gurguul)), from Middle Mongol [script needed] (xurqaʾul), from Proto-Mongolic *girgaxul.


تیهو

From Middle Persian 𐭲𐭩𐭧𐭥𐭪 (tīhōg). Compare Arabic طَيْهُوج (ṭayhūj) borrowed from it.

Perdix perdix
Perdix perdix#Translingual

grey partridge (a game bird in the pheasant family, Perdix perdix)


شترمرغ

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شُتُرْمُرْغ • (šotormorğ) (plural شترمرغها (šotormorğ-hâ))

شُتُرْمُرْغ (canonical)
šotormorğ (romanization)
شترمرغها (plural)

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→ Classical Syriac: ܐܫܬܘܪܡܘܪܓ (/štwrmwrg/), ܐܫܛܘܪܡܘܪܓ (/ʾšṭwrmwrg/)

→ Pashto: شترمرغ (šotormórǧ)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: शुतुरमुर्ग़ (śuturmurġ)

Urdu: شُتُرْمُرْغ (śuturmurġ)

→ Middle Armenian: իշտրմուղ (ištrmuġ), իշտռմուղ (ištṙmuġ)

→ Hindi: उष्ट्रपक्षी (uṣṭrapakṣī) (calque)

→ Punjabi:

Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ੁਤਰ ਮੁਰਗ (śutar murag)

Shahmukhi script: شترمرغ (śuturmurġ)

[ʃʊ.t̪ʰʊɾ.mʊ́ɾɣ]

[ʃʊ.t̪ʰʊɾ.mʊ́ɾɣ]

[ʃʊ.t̪ʰʊɾ.mʊ́ɾɣ]

[ʃo.t̪ʰoɹ.móɹɢ̥]

Compound of شُتُرْ (šotor, “camel”) + مُرْغ (morğ, “bird”).


خشنسار

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خشنسار • (xašansâr)

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خشنسار • (xašansâr)

[xä.ʃän.sɑ́ːɾ]

[xä.ʃän.sɑ́ːɾ]

[xä.ʃän.sɑ́ːɾ]

[xä.ʃän.sɔ́ːɾ]

[xæ.ʃæn.sɒ́ːɹ]

[χä.ʃän.sɔ́ɾ]

From خَشَن (xašan, “dark blue”) + سار (sâr, “head”).

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10th Century CE, Ferdowsi, Shahnameh
پیاده همی شد ز بهر شکار
خشنسار بد اندر آن رودبار
piyâde hami šod ze bahre šekâr
xašansâr bod andar ân rudbâr
He (Zāl) dismounted [from his horse] to hunt
and there were coots by the riverside.


چنگر

Dehkhoda Dictionary
Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute
University of Tehran Press
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پرلا

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پرلا • (parlâ)

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پرلا • (parlâ)

Borrowed from Mazanderani پرلا (perelâ).


بودنه

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بودنه • (bôdana) (plural بودنهها (bôdana-hâ))

تخم بودنه


بوتیمار

بوتیمار • (butimâr)

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بوتیمار • (butimâr)

بو (bu, from Arabic أَبُو (ʔabū, used to form nicknames, literally “father of”)) + تیمار (timâr, “worry; sorrow”).

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from Arabic <i class="Arab mention" lang="ar">أَبُو</i> (ʔabū, used to form nicknames, literally “father of”)


خلنج

خَلَنْج (canonical)
خِلَنْج (canonical)
xalanj (romanization)
xilanj (romanization)

a kind of black dove with checkered wings


سوسلنگ

A Turkic *su-silən (literally “water-scrubbing”) as also other languages denote the bird after its tail movements.

Motacilla alba
Motacilla alba#Translingual


دمتک

دم (dum, “tail”) + تکـ (tak-, “to shake”).


سیچغنه

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سیچغنه • (sīčağna, sīčuğna, sīčağana, sīčuğana)

sīčağna (romanization)
sīčuğna (romanization)
sīčağana (romanization)
sīčuğana (romanization)

From Sogdian 𐼼𐼷𐼿𐼰𐼸𐼳 (sycʾkh), 𐼼𐼷𐼿𐼰𐼸𐼸 (sycʾkk, “sparrow”), diminutive of 𐼼𐼷𐼿𐼷 (sycy, “sparrow”) (whence Proto-Turkic *seče (“sparrow”)), contaminated into جغنه (jağna, jağana), جغنک (jağanak), جغنگ (jağang), جغن (jağan), زغن (zağan, “kite”), from زاغ (zāğ, “rook”).


دمسنجه

dumsanja (romanization)
dumsinja (romanization)

دم (dum, “tail”) + سنجـ (sanj-, “to sway, to swing, to weigh”), or with Sogdian 𐼼𐼷𐼿𐼰𐼸𐼳 (sycʾkh), 𐼼𐼷𐼿𐼰𐼸𐼸 (sycʾkk, “sparrow”), also contaminated into سیچغنه (sīčağna, sīčuğna, “sparrow-hawk”).


کروان

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کروان • (karvân)

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کروان • (karvân)

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→ Arabic: كَرَوَان (karawān)
→ Aragonese: algaraván
→ Asturian: algaraván
→ Portuguese: alcaravão, algarvão, algorabão, algoravão, algorovão, algrouvão, algorouvão, alguervão, algrouvão, algrivão, algovão
→ Spanish: alcaraván
→ Ottoman Turkish: كروان (kervan)
Turkish: kervan

[kʰʲæɹ.vɒːn]


فلامینگو

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فلامینگو • (felâmingo) (plural فلامینگوها (felâmingo-hâ))

felâmingo (romanization)
فلامینگوها (plural)


پالوانه

پالوانه • (pâlvâne)

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پالوانه • (pâlvâne)

Cognate to Central Kurdish باڵندە (ballinde), پاڵوانە (pallwane), پاڵووێنە (palluwêne). The elements parse as برز (burz, “high”) + Middle Persian 𐫇𐫀𐫏- (wāy-, “to fly, to soar”, from Proto-Iranian *wáyHti) + ـه (-a, notorious noun-deriving suffix).

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from Proto-Iranian <i class="Latn mention" lang="iir-pro">*wáyHti</i>


جویینه

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جویینه • (jūyīna)

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جویینه • (jūyīna)

→ Malay: joyinah