هدهد

Arabic

Etymology

Onomatopoeic reduplicated. Compare Classical Syriac ܝܕܝܕܐ‎ (yaḏyāḏā, “hoopoe”).

Pronunciation

  • Verb: IPA(key): /had.ha.da/
  • Noun: IPA(key): /hud.hud/

Verb

هَدْهَدَ • (hadhada) Iq, non-past يُهَدْهِدُ‎‎ (yuhadhidu)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to emit a modulated voice

Conjugation

Noun

هُدْهُد

هُدْهُد • (hudhud) m (plural هَدَاهِد‎ (hadāhid))

  1. hoopoe

Declension

Descendants

  • → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܕܗܕ‎ (hadhad)
  • → Mandaic: ࡄࡅࡃࡄࡅࡃ‎ (hudhud)
  • → Persian: هدهد‎ (hodhod)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: هدهد‎ (hüdhüd, hüthüt)

References

  • “hwdhwd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • “ydyd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Freytag, Georg (1837), “هدهد”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 378
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1904) Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎ (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 113

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic هُدْهُد‎ (hudhud).

Noun

هدهد • (hodhod)

  1. hoopoe

Synonyms

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