قرقاول
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Chagatai قىرغاۋۇل (qirghawul, “pheasant”) (compare Kazakh қырғауыл (qyrğauyl)), likely borrowed from Classical Mongolian [script needed] (girɣaul, ɣurɣuul) (whence Mongolian гургуул (gurguul)), from Middle Mongol [script needed] (xurqaʾul), from Proto-Mongolic *girgaxul.