کارغه

Pashto

Alternative forms

کارګه (kārgə)

Etymology

From a Turkic source, such as Chagatai قارغه (qarǧa), Ottoman Turkish قارغه (karga), or Azerbaijani qarğa. Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *karga.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɑrˈɣə/

Noun

کارغه • (kārǧə) m

crow, raven
Synonyms: وروغ (wroǧ), (dialectal) کړاغه (kṛāγa)

Declension

Declension of *کارغ*
	singular	plural
direct	کارغ (kārǧ)	کارغان (kārǧân)
oblique	کارغ (kārǧ)	کارغانو (kārǧâno)
vocative	کارغه (kārǧa)	کارغانو (kārǧâno)

References

^ Morgenstierne, Georg (1927) “kārɣə”, in An Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto (Skrifter utgitt av det Norske Videnskapsakademi i Oslo; 3), Oslo: J. Dybwad, page 33: “kārɣə m. 'crow'. Acc. to G. onomatopoetic like Prs. karākar, kalāɣ, Bal. gurāg etc. — But the nearest related word, and prob. the source of the Psht. one, is Turk. qarɣa.”