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سیچغنه

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Persian

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Etymology

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From Sogdian 𐼼𐼷𐼿𐼰𐼸𐼳 (sycʾkh), 𐼼𐼷𐼿𐼰𐼸𐼸 (sycʾkk, sparrow), diminutive of 𐼼𐼷𐼿𐼷 (sycy, sparrow) (whence Proto-Turkic *seče (sparrow)), contaminated into جغنه (jağna, jağana), جغنک (jağanak), جغنگ (jağang), جغن (jağan), زغن (zağan, kite), from زاغ (zāğ, rook).[1]

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? sīčağna, sīčuğna, sīčağana, sīčuğana

Noun

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سیچغنه (sīčağna, sīčuğna, sīčağana, sīčuğana)[2]

  1. (obsolete) sparrowhawk

References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 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