زرزور

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Arabic

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Etymology

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From the onomatopoeic root ز ر ز ر (z-r-z-r). Compare Hebrew זַרְזִיר and Classical Syriac ܙܰܪܙܘܼܪܳܐ.

Noun

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زُرْزُور (zurzūrm (plural زَرَازِير (zarāzīr))

  1. starling

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic زُرْزُور (zurzūr, starling).

Noun

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زرزور (zurzur) (plural زرازیر (zarazir))

  1. starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
    Synonyms: چكركه قوشی (çekirge kuşu), سار (sar), صیغیرجق (sığırcık)

Further reading

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  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Sturnus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[1], Vienna, column 1608
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “زرزور”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[2], Vienna, column 2441
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زرزور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1007

South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic زُرْزُور (zurzūr).

Noun

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زرزور (zarzūrm (plural زرازير (zarazīr))

  1. starling