چغد

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃuɣð]

Readings
Classical reading?	čuğd

Noun

چغد • (čoğd)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of جغد (joğd)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چغد (čuğd, “owl”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃʊɣd̪/ [ˈt͡ʃʊɣd̪]

  (informal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʊˈɣəd̪/

• Rhymes: -ʊɣd̪, -əd̪

Noun

چُغْد • (cuġd) m or f by sense (Hindi spelling चुग़्द)

1. any small species of owl
2. (figurative) fool; idiot; a highly gullible person

   Synonyms: اُلُّو (ullū), مُورْکْھ (mūrkh), بُدّھُو (buddhū), بیوَقُوفْ (bevaqūf)

References

• “چغد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “چغد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.