Saluki

See also: saluki

English

Etymology

From Arabic سَلُوقِيّ (salūqiyy).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /səˈɫuki/

Noun

Saluki (plural Salukis)

(cynology) An ancient sighthound breed of dog with a silky coat originating in the Middle East, once sacred to the Egyptians.

Synonyms

Translations

Saluki breed of dog

Arabic: سَلُوقِيّ m (salūqiyy)
Gulf Arabic: سلق m (salag)

Hijazi Arabic: سُلُوقي m (sulūgi)
Esperanto: persa leporhundo
Finnish: saluki (fi), persianvinttikoira
French: sloughi (fr) m, lévrier persan (fr) m
German: Saluki m
Hebrew: סלוקי
Hungarian: perzsa agár
Italian: levriero persiano m
Japanese: サルーキ (sarūki)
Korean: 살루키 (salluki)
Lithuanian: saliukis m
Malay: Saluki
Portuguese: saluki m
Russian: салюки (saljuki), персидская борза́я f (persidskaja borzája)
Slovene: saluki, perzijski hrt m
Spanish: Saluki m, perro real de Egipto m

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