کلاغ

From a Proto-Iranian root not attested in Middle Persian. Cognate with Baluchi کلاگ (kalág), Mazanderani کلاج (kalāǰ), Gilaki کلاچ (kəlāč), Southwestern Fars قلاغ (qalâğ), قلا (qalâ), Northern Luri قلا (qelā), Ossetian халон (xalon). Probably ultimately onomatopoeic, but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“crow”); compare Latin corvus, Ancient Greek κόρᾰξ (kórăx), Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz.

کلاغ • (kalāġ / kalâġ) (plural کلاغ‌ها (kalāġ-hā / kalâġ-hâ), Tajik spelling калоғ)

1. crow (bird)

   Synonyms: زاغ (zāġ / zâġ), کراکر (karākar / karâkar), (dialectal or obsolete) گراغ (garāġ / garâġ)

   • 1963, Forugh Farrokhzad, “فتح باغ”, in تولدی دیگر [Another Birth]‎^[1]:

     آن کلاغی که پرید
     از فراز سر ما
     و فرو رفت در اندیشهٔ آشفتهٔ ابری ولگرد

     ân kolâġi ke parid
     az farâz-e sar-e mâ
     va foru raft dar andiše-ye âšofte-ye abri velgard

     that crow which flew
     above our heads
     and went down into the scattered thoughts of a vagabond cloud