پاپاغان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic بَبَغَاء‎ (babaḡāʔ).

Noun

پاپاغان • (papağan)

parrot

Descendants

Turkish: papağan
→ Old Ruthenian: папу́га (papúha)
- Ukrainian: папу́га (papúha)
→ Lithuanian: papūga

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911), “پاپاغان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 308
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “پاپاغان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 429

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