Saluki

See also: saluki

English

Saluki

Etymology

From Arabic سَلُوقِيّ (salūqiyy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈɫuki/

Noun

Saluki (plural Salukis)

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

Synonyms

• Gazelle Hound
• Persian Greyhound
• Royal Dog of Egypt

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