תרנגול

Hebrew

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒁯𒈗𒄷 (tarlugallum, “rooster”), from Sumerian 𒁯𒈗𒄷 (dar-lugal^mušen /⁠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

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /taʁneˈɡol/
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Noun

תַּרְנְגוֹל • (tarn'gól) m (plural indefinite תַּרְנְגוֹלִים, feminine counterpart תרנגולת / תַּרְנְגֹלֶת)

(countable) chicken, either male or of unspecified gender
- a. 217 C.E., Mishnah. Avodah Zarah, section 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.

Derived terms

תרנגול הודו

References

“תרנגול” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language