سیچغنه

Persian

Etymology

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
  • (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [siː.t͡ʃaɣ.na], [siː.t͡ʃuɣ.na], [siː.t͡ʃa.ɣa.na], [siː.t͡ʃu.ɣa.na]

Readings
Classical reading? sīčağna, sīčuğna, sīčağana, sīčuğana

Noun

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

  1. (obsolete) sparrowhawk

References
  1. Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)‎ (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 (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 364a
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