ابو قردان
Egyptian Arabic edit
Etymology edit
From the Arabic أَبُو (ʔabū, “father/possessor of”) + قِرْدَان (qirdān, “ticks”), thus literally meaning "father or possessor of ticks". Derived from the huge number of parasites such as avian ticks found in its breeding colonies.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
أَبُو قِرْدَان • (ʾabu ʾirdān) m (no plural)
Synonyms edit
References edit
- Spiro, Socrates (1895). An Arabic-English vocabulary of the colloquial Arabic of Egypt, containing the vernacular idioms and expressions, slang phrases, etc., etc., used by the native Egyptians Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office.
- Hinds, Martin; Badawi, El-Said (1986). A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic Beirut: Librairie du Liban.
- Lane, Edward William (1863). An Arabic - English Lexicon derived from the best and the most copious eastern sources London: Williams and Northgate.