سیچغنه
Persian
Etymology
From Sogdian 𐼼𐼷𐼿𐼰𐼸𐼳 (sycʾkh), 𐼼𐼷𐼿𐼰𐼸𐼸 (sycʾkk, “sparrow”), diminutive of 𐼼𐼷𐼿𐼷 (sycy, “sparrow”) (whence Proto-Turkic *seče (“sparrow”)), contaminated into جغنه (jaġna, jaġana), جغنک (jaġanak), جغنگ (jaġang), جغن (jaġan), زغن (zaġan, “kite”), from زاغ (zāġ, “rook”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /siː.t͡ʃaɣˈna/, /siː.t͡ʃuɣˈna/, /siː.t͡ʃa.ɣa.ˈna/, /siː.t͡ʃu.ɣa.ˈna/
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | sīčaġna, sīčuġna, sīčaġana, sīčuġana |
Noun
سیچغنه • (sīčaġna, sīčuġna, sīčaġana, sīčuġana)[2]
- (obsolete) sparrowhawk
References
- ^ Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)[1] (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 83–84 Nr. 251
- ^ Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “سیچغنه”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[2] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 364a