دمتک
Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]دم (dum, “tail”) + تکـ (tak-, “to shake”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [dum.tak]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | dumtak |
Noun
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)[1] (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 164–165 Nr. 486, where instead due to parallel formations equated with wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- ^ Vullers, Johann August (1855) “دمتک”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[2] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 903, equated with عُصْفُور الشَوْك (ʕuṣfūr aš-šawk), which at least in contemporary usage is accentor (Prunella)
- ^ Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “طَرغُلودیس”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[3] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 538, equated with عُصْفُور الشَوْك (ʕuṣfūr aš-šawk), which at least in contemporary usage is accentor (Prunella)