هدهد

Arabic

Etymology

Onomatopoeic reduplicated. Compare Classical Syriac ܝܕܝܕܐ (yaḏyāḏā, hoopoe).

Pronunciation

  • Verb: IPA(key): /had.ha.da/
  • Noun: IPA(key): /hud.hud/

Verb

هَدْهَدَ • (hadhada) Iq, non-past يُهَدْهِدُ‎ (yuhadhidu)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to emit a modulated voice

Conjugation

Noun

هُدْهُد

هُدْهُد • (hudhud) m (plural هَدَاهِد (hadāhid))

  1. (birds) hoopoe

Declension

Descendants

  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܕܗܕ (hadhad)
  • Mandaic: ࡄࡅࡃࡄࡅࡃ (hudhud)
  • Persian: هدهد (hodhod)
  • Tajik: ҳудҳуд (hudhud)
  • Malay: hud-hud
  • Ottoman Turkish: هدهد (hüdhüd, hüthüt)
  • Tatar: һөдһөд (hödhöd)
  • Hindi: हुदहुद (hudhud)
  • Urdu: ہد ہد (hudhud)

References

  • hwdhwd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ydyd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “هدهد”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 378
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1904) Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 113

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic هُدْهُد (hudhud).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [hʊd̪.hʊ́d̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔʊ.d̪ʊ́d̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔu.d̪úd̪̥]

Readings
Classical reading? huḏhuḏ
Dari reading? hudhud
Iranian reading? hodhod
Tajik reading? hudhud

Noun

هدهد • (hodhod)

  1. hoopoe

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Gujarati: હુદહુદ (hudhud)
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