تیهو

Persian

تیهو

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭲𐭩𐭧𐭥𐭪 (tīhōg). Compare Arabic طَيْهُوج (ṭayhūj) borrowed from it.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tiː.huː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰeː.ɦuː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰeː.ɦuː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰi.juː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰuu]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰiː.ɦuː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰi.ɦu]

Readings
Classical reading?	tīhū
Dari reading?	tīhū
Iranian reading?	tihu
Tajik reading?	tihu

Noun

Dari	تیهو
Iranian Persian
Tajik	тиҳу

تیهو • (tihu) (plural تیهوها (tihu-hâ))

1. grey partridge (a game bird in the pheasant family, Perdix perdix)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “تیهو”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 83