زرزور

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Arabic

Etymology

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

Noun

زُرْزُور (zurzūrm (plural زَرَازِير (zarāzīr))

  1. starling

Declension

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زُرْزُور (zurzūr, starling).

Noun

زرزور (zurzur) (plural زرازیر (zarazir))

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

Further reading

  • 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, 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, Vienna, column 2441
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زرزور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1007

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic زُرْزُور (zurzūr).

Noun

زرزور (zarzūrm (plural زرازير (zarazīr))

  1. starling