سوسلنگ

Persian

Alternative forms
  • سیسلنگ (sīsalang), سیسلالنگ (siselālang, siselāleng), سیسلالنگو (siselālengu), شیشلنگ (šīšalang), شیشالنگ (šīšālang), سیسالک (sīsālak), سیسارک (sīsārak) (Kerman)

Etymology

A Turkic *su-silən (literally “water-scrubbing”) as also other languages denote the bird after its tail movements.[1]

Noun

سوسلنگ • (sūseleng)

  1. (Mašhad) wagtail (Motacilla alba)

References
  1. Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)‎ (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 164–165 Nr. 486
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