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Etymology edit

Onomatopoeic reduplicated. Compare Classical Syriac ܝܕܝܕܐ (yaḏyāḏā, hoopoe).

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هَدْهَدَ (hadhada) Iq, non-past يُهَدْهِدُ‎ (yuhadhidu)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to emit a modulated voice

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هُدْهُد

هُدْهُد (hudhudm (plural هَدَاهِد (hadāhid))

  1. (birds) hoopoe

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References edit

  • hwdhwd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ydyd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “هدهد”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 378
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1904) Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft[2] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 113

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Etymology edit

From Arabic هُدْهُد (hudhud).

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Readings
Classical reading? huḏhuḏ
Dari reading? hudhud
Iranian reading? hodhod
Tajik reading? hudhud

Noun edit

هدهد (hodhod)

  1. hoopoe

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