English
Etymology
From Arabic سَلُوقِيّ (salūqiyy). Doublet of sloughi.
Pronunciation
Noun
Saluki (plural Salukis)
- An ancient sighthound breed of dog with a silky coat originating in the Middle East, once sacred to the Egyptians.
- Synonyms: Gazelle Hound, Persian Greyhound, Royal Dog of Egypt
Translations
Saluki breed of dog
- Arabic: سَلُوقِيّ m (salūqiyy)
- Gulf Arabic: سلق m (salag)
- Hijazi Arabic: سُلُوقي m (sulūgi)
- Esperanto: persa leporhundo
- Finnish: saluki (fi), persianvinttikoira
- French: sloughi (fr) m, lévrier persan (fr) m
- German: Saluki m
- Hebrew: סלוקי
- Hungarian: perzsa agár
- Italian: levriero persiano m
- Japanese: サルーキ (sarūki)
- Korean: 살루키 (salluki)
- Lithuanian: saliukis m
- Malay: Saluki
- Portuguese: saluki m
- Russian: салюки (saljuki), персидская борза́я f (persidskaja borzája)
- Slovene: saluki, perzijski hrt m
- Spanish: Saluki m, perro real de Egipto m
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