قرقاول

Persian

Etymology

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.

Noun

قرقاول • (qarqâvol) (plural ‌قرقاول‌ها‎)

  1. pheasant (bird)
    Synonyms: تذرو‎ (tazarv), تورنگ‎ (turang)
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