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Hebrew
Etymology
From Akkadian 𒁯𒈗𒄷 (tarlugallum, “rooster”), from Sumerian 𒁯𒈗𒄷 (dar-lugalmušen /darlugal/, “rooster”, literally “bird or fowl of the king”). The first element uncertainly connected to Proto-Semitic *ṭayr- (“bird”) or Proto-Semitic *dVrr, Proto-Afroasiatic *dir(h)w- (“bird, hen, dove, fowl, chicken, rooster”).
Pronunciation
Noun
תַּרְנְגוֹל • (tarn'gól) m (plural indefinite תַּרְנְגוֹלִים, feminine counterpart תרנגולת / תַּרְנְגֹלֶת)
- chicken (animal), either male or of unspecified gender
a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Avodah Zarah 1:5:רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, מֻתָּר לִמְכּוֹר לוֹ תַּרְנְגוֹל לָבָן בֵּין הַתַּרְנְגוֹלִין.- Rabbí Yehudá omér, muttár limkór lo tarn'gól laván bein ha-tarn'golín.
- Rabbi Yehuda says, it is permitted to sell him a white chicken among other chickens.
a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Eruvin 100b:דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ מִתַּרְנְגוֹל — שֶׁמְּפַיֵּיס וְאַחַר כָּךְ בּוֹעֵל.- Dérekh éretz mi-tarn'gól — she-m'fayyés v-aḥár kakh bo'él.
- Proper conduct from the chicken — for it persuades and afterwards it mates.
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