طيهوج

Arabic

Alternative forms

  • تَيْهُوج (tayhūj)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭲𐭩𐭧𐭥𐭪 (tīhōg) whence Persian تیهو (tihu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tˤaj.huːd͡ʒ/, /tˤiː.huːd͡ʒ/

Noun

طَيْهُوج or طِيهُوج • (ṭayhūj or ṭīhūj) m (plural طَيَاهِيج (ṭayāhīj))

  1. a vague term meaning grouse, any bird in the Tetraoninae subfamily, also some birds in the Perdicinae subfamily including Ammoperdix of which there are two species sand partridge (Ammoperdix heyi, حَجَل رَمْلِيّ (ḥajal ramliyy)) and see-see partridge (Ammoperdix griseogularis)

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