بلدرچین

Persian

Etymology

From Turkic, likely from Ottoman Turkish بلدرجین (bıldırcın), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bïldur-, *buldïr- (“quail”).[1]

Pronunciation

Readings
Iranian reading? belderčin

Noun
Dari بودنه
Iranian Persian بلدرچین
Tajik бедона

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

  1. quail
    تخم بلدرچین ― toxm-e belderčin ― quail eggs

References
  1. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bɨldur- (*buldɨr-)”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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