کرکس

See also: کرگس

Persian

کرکس – Gypaetus barbatus

Alternative forms

کرگس (kargas)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (klkʾs' /⁠kargās⁠/, “vulture”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kaɾ.ˈkas]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäɾ.kʰǽs]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰäɾ.kʰǽs]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰäɾ.kʰǽs]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæɹ.kʰʲǽs]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäɾ.kʰǽs]

Readings
Classical reading^?	karkas
Dari reading^?	karkas
Iranian reading^?	karkas
Tajik reading^?	karkas

Noun

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

vulture
Synonyms: لاشخور (lâšxor), نسر (nasr)
- 1066, Asadī Ṭūsī, گرشاسپ‌نامه [Garshāsp-Nāma]:
  ز تف سر تیغ وز عکس آب
  همی در هوا گشت کرکس کباب
  zi taf-i sar-i tēğ w-az aks-i āb
  hamē dar hawā gašt karkas kabāb
  Due to the radiance of the blade's edge and the water's reflection,
  The vulture in the air was becoming roast meat.

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “کرکس”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “کرکس”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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