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2.2.20 ARABIC - ARABE

Most names after ad-Dimiri, except for Tunisian localities. Egyptian names from ForsskÅl

abu-abab, Eg.

abu-amai, Eg.

bu-haovan, Eg.

abu-khaffieS, Eg. "a wintering bird"

abu-l-Henn, Lebanon

abul-husn, "a bird from Andalousia"

abu-jaràdah = bàdhinjàn (in Iraq) = bàSir (in Syria)

abul-malih = sifrid

abu-riSa Eg. (a bird having tufts of feathers, see No. 400c)

abu-ya'la

abu-Sutk, Eg., a water bird

abu-zaidàn

abu-zaqàyah, Eg.

abu-z`èr, Iraq s.: Mádàn "the smallest of all birds"

abu-saraga, Eg.

abu-savade, Eg. a seed-eater

agthrar "a varicoloured water bird with a long neck "

afritlháyyat, Eg. "diabolus muralis"

akhyal, Eg.

akhal, Eg., a summer bird; also attributed to the Hooded Crow (which is a winter bird in Egypt)

akhras, Eg.

a'war, "a bird that pecks at camels sores"

asfuras-sarsàr, "a kind of sparrow"

asfuras-sawk, (of the thorns) "a bird mentioned by Aristoteles" therefore it is a translation

asfurildsianne, Eg. "bird of paradise"

bàdhinjan, Iraq = abu-jaràdah

asfaretemosettin, Eg., a small black seed-eater

bagàth,bigàth,bugàth, "a dust-coloured bird, smaller than the Egyptian Vulture, 199, does not capture its prey"

bahramàn, "a small bird"

barà, voir burà

bàsir, Syrie, see abu-jaràdah

báss, Eg.

batrak

belgàsembeddkhif, Tun.: Marazig "a wade with white and black wings, white bill, pink legs "

bellasium, Eg.

blèqi, Lebanon "a black and white bird seen in the beginning of summer and emigrating before the big heat"

boSoka, Eg.

bu-habhàt, `Akkàra

buehl, Eg., a thrush ?

bu-zràda, Tun.: Marazig "a varicoloured wader"

bujj, "a water bird"

bullasus

burà = samwil

buraej, Eg., a summer visitor, feeds on grape

buSruS

bylbye, Eg. "a red bird, larger than the pigeon "

dajj "a water bird the size of the pigeon, good flesh"

dagmuS, Eg.

dellad, Eg. "a varicoloured bird"

derja, Eg., a winter visitor

dukhal, "a small dust-coloured bird, perches on palms and trees"

dururi, Eg.

dwêkal-jabal, Lebanon "a multicoloured bird"

dymluj, Eg.: Tehama

farisa

farkhablia, Eg. "diaboli proles spuria" (farkha = tourterelle)

fawl, "a bird with red legs, white or black head"

gatgát, Eg.

gudàf, "a small ashy bird", "summer crow". Also means "long black hair"

hájef, Eg., a wintering seed-eater

himme, Eg.

hememàtel-hind, Eg.

Hummar,Hummarah,ibn-Hummarah

humail-hurr,himail-hurr, "a well-known bird"

jaraja, Eg., a summer visitor

kalabesi, Eg., a summer visitor

kàsiral-`idàm, liter. "a bird that feeds the young (of eagles etc.) without parents = mukallafah (ou kukallafah ?)

kalb-eddao, Tun.: Marazig "a bird known for its barking call"

katum = sàfir

kettàr, Eg.

khaddàhj, Eg., a fish-eating bird

khathaq, "a bird that lives in China or in Babylon, according to Aristoteles (ad-Dimiri)

khàtifdilbihi, "a passerine"

khliS, Eg.

khalanbuS, "smaller than the sparrow"

khoffaS, Eg. = abukhaffieS ( a bat ?)

khirSanah, "larger than the pigeon"

khurrak, "a passerine"

kisye, Eg.

kota, Eg.

makàki

ma'sàsa, Palest., a hawk

meduàs, Eg.

meharred, Eg. "holci feminibus vectitat", a bird whose young is called mekfaS

msarràra, Eg. "crepitans ut horologium: pilens vespere ca horam 9"

msyárden

mukallafah = kàsiral-`idàm

mukkà'at, Middle East. "a desert dwelling bird"

mulà'ibdillihi = rafràf

n'àr, Lebanon "a small brown bird"

nuqa, Palmyre, a hawk

nurír, Eg.

ommtraitiS, Eg.

qerqfän, Syria or Lebanon

raáSa,rhaS, Eg. "reddish, granivorous, the size of a pigeon"

rabàH, "dust-coloured bird, red wings and back, feeds on grape"

ralka, Eg. a bird of prey

rafràf = mulà'ibdillihi

rahdun, "birds like the sparrow, brown, walks in circles in large numbers in the sacred mosque " (= prob. the pilgrims !)

rhaS, Eg. = raáSa

sa'f "a small bird"

saHnun,suHnun, "a bird from Morocco, very intelligent"

salakut

sa`wat,sa`wah, Middle East. "a bird like the sparrow with a red head "

sawway, Palmyre

sedagha, Eg. a green bird

seloa, Eg.

sifrid, a bird like the sparrow = abul-malih

slenj, "a small bird with pretty colours wintering in the mountains of Lebanon"

smírri, Eg.

bu-sway, Lebanon"a snake eater"

siyábyeb, Tun.: Hawwàya, Meddnin, a bird known for its cry

subad "a bird with a black plumage"

soghátt, Eg., a summer visitor

surrah

surad, Eg. a yellow, granivorous bird larger than the pigeon

sanig, Eg.

Saranba "a well-known desert-dwelling bird"

Sarnàn "a pied water bird small than the stork, short legs,

Sifnin

Suhrur "a songbird the size of a sparrow" (prob. the Blackbird)

Sunqub "a well-known bird"

tfàhi, Eg.

tiflik "a water bird"

titawà "a bird mentioned by Aristoteles" (ad-Dimiri)

tulläk, Eg.: Djebbal, an insectivorous bird

tuwàl

umm`ajlàn "a well-known bird"

unan "a blackish bird with a collar like a pigeon, beak like the pigeon's, red legs"

`uqqayyib

was'

yaHbur "a water bird"

yarà't, Middle-East

yosà, East Syriac "a large bird of the lake shore

zugaim

zulbweda,zulbweda, Tun.: Marazig "a common small bird with a light plumage, dark bill"

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