سوسلنگ

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Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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A Turkic *su-silən (literally water-scrubbing) as also other languages denote the bird after its tail movements.[1]

Noun

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سوسلنگ (sūseleng)

  1. (Mašhad) wagtail (Motacilla alba)

References

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  1. ^ 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