حبارى

See also: حباري

Arabic

FWOTD – 3 August 2020

حُبَارَى – Chlamydotis macqueenii

Etymology

From the root ح ب ر (ḥ-b-r) related to delight since it is the most-prized fowl flesh. For the pattern compare سُمَانَى (sumānā, “quail, Coturnix coturnix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħu.baː.raː/

Noun

حُبَارَى • (ḥubārā) f (dual حُبَارَيَانِ (ḥubārayāni), plural حُبَارَيَات (ḥubārayāt))

1. bustard (Otididae bird such as Chlamydotis spp., Otis tarda, Ardeotis arabs)
   • 7th century CE, Sunan Abī Dāwud, 28:62:

     أَكَلْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَحْمَ حُبَارَى.

     ʔakaltu maʕa rasūli llāhi ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wa-sallama laḥma ḥubārā.

     I ate with the Prophet (peace be upon him) the flesh of a bustard.

Declension

Declension of noun حُبَارَى (ḥubārā)

Singular	singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حُبَارَى ḥubārā	الْحُبَارَى al-ḥubārā	حُبَارَى ḥubārā
Nominative	حُبَارَى ḥubārā	الْحُبَارَى al-ḥubārā	حُبَارَى ḥubārā
Accusative	حُبَارَى ḥubārā	الْحُبَارَى al-ḥubārā	حُبَارَى ḥubārā
Genitive	حُبَارَى ḥubārā	الْحُبَارَى al-ḥubārā	حُبَارَى ḥubārā
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حُبَارَيَيْن ḥubārayayn	الْحُبَارَيَيْن al-ḥubārayayn	حُبَارَيَيْ ḥubārayay
Nominative	حُبَارَيَانِ ḥubārayāni	الْحُبَارَيَانِ al-ḥubārayāni	حُبَارَيَا ḥubārayā
Accusative	حُبَارَيَيْنِ ḥubārayayni	الْحُبَارَيَيْنِ al-ḥubārayayni	حُبَارَيَيْ ḥubārayay
Genitive	حُبَارَيَيْنِ ḥubārayayni	الْحُبَارَيَيْنِ al-ḥubārayayni	حُبَارَيَيْ ḥubārayay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حُبَارَيَات ḥubārayāt	الْحُبَارَيَات al-ḥubārayāt	حُبَارَيَات ḥubārayāt
Nominative	حُبَارَيَاتٌ ḥubārayātun	الْحُبَارَيَاتُ al-ḥubārayātu	حُبَارَيَاتُ ḥubārayātu
Accusative	حُبَارَيَاتٍ ḥubārayātin	الْحُبَارَيَاتِ al-ḥubārayāti	حُبَارَيَاتِ ḥubārayāti
Genitive	حُبَارَيَاتٍ ḥubārayātin	الْحُبَارَيَاتِ al-ḥubārayāti	حُبَارَيَاتِ ḥubārayāti

Derived terms

• حُبْرُج (ḥubruj, “the male of a bustard”)
• يَحْبُور (yaḥbūr, “young of a bustard”)
• آخِرُ الزَمَانِ الْحُبَارَى تَصِيرُ شَاهِين (ʔāḵiru z-zamāni l-ḥubārā taṣīru šāhīn, “it is against nature, it is impossible”, proverb, literally “At the end of the time a bustard will become a falcon”)

Descendants

• → English: hubara
• → French: houbara f or m
  • → English: houbara
• → German: Hubara f or m
• → Persian: هوبره (hubare, hubarre), آهوبره (âhubare)
• → Polish: hubara f
• → Spanish: hubara f
• → Translingual: Outis houbara; Chlamydotis houbara (obsolete)

Further reading

• Aʿlam, Hūšang, Scott, Derek A. (1990-12-15) “bustard”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York
• Hauenschild, Ingeborg (2003) Die Tierbezeichnungen bei Mahmud al-Kaschgari: eine Untersuchung aus sprach- und kulturhistorischer Sicht (Turcologica; 53) (in German), Otto Harrassowitz: Wiesbaden, →ISBN, pages 224–225
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “حبارى”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 499–500