جوجه‌تیغی

Persian

Etymology

جوجه‎ (juje) +‎ تیغی‎ (tiği), literally “spiky chicken”, as per folk etymology. But جوجه‎ (juje) probably does not mean chicken or chick here, but is instead altered pronunciation of Classical Persian ژوژه‎ (žuža, “hedgehog”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *ǰúǰakah (“hedgehog”).

Noun

جوجه‌تیغی‎ • (juje-tiği) (plural جوجه‌تیغی‌ها‎ (juje-tiği-hâ))

  1. hedgehog
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