بوقلمون

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَبُوقَلَمُون (ʔabūqalamūn), from Ancient Greek ὑποκάλαμον (hupokálamon), originally a Byzantine term used to refer to a precious multi-coloured textile, later used to refer to the bird due to its ability to change the colours of its feathers .

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [buː.qa.la.ˈmuːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [buː.qä.lä.múːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [buː.qä.lä.múːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [buː.qä.lä.múːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bu.qä.lä.mún]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [buː.ʁæ.læ.múːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bu.qä.lä.mún]

Readings
Classical reading?	būqalamūn
Dari reading?	būqalamūn
Iranian reading?	buğalamun
Tajik reading?	buqalamun

Noun

Dari	فیل‌مرغ
Iranian Persian	بوقلمون
Tajik	мурғи марҷон

بوقلمون • (buqalamun) (plural بوقلمون‌ها (buqalamun-hâ))

1. (archaic) many-coloured damask
2. turkey (bird)

   Synonym: فیل‌مرغ (fil-morğ)

3. chameleon (reptile)

   Synonym: آفتاب‌پرست (âftâb-parast)

4. (derogatory) chameleon, opportunist, flip-flopper (US)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: buqələmun (“chameleon”)
• → Turkish: bukalemun (“chameleon”)

Adjective

بوقلمون • (buqalamun)

1. variegated
2. multi-coloured
3. multifarious
4. protean
5. changeable

Quotations

• Circa 1258 C.E., Sa'di, Gulistan (the Rose Garden), Project Gutenberg,

  [1] .باد در سایه درختانش گسترانید فرش بوقلمون

  The wind had in the shade of its trees Spread out a bed of all kinds of flowers. [2]