حبارى

See also: حباري

Arabic

FWOTD – 3 August 2020

الحُبَارَى (Chlamydotis) on Arabic Wikipedia

حُبَارَى عَرَبِيّ (Otis tarda) on Arabic Wikipedia

Etymology

From the root ح ب ر (ḥ-b-r) related to delight since it is the most-prized fowl flesh. For the pattern compare سُمَانَى (sumānā, “quail, Coturnix coturnix”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ħu.baː.raː/

Noun

حُبَارَى • (ḥubārā) f (dual حُبَارَيَانِ (ḥubārayāni), plural حُبَارَيَات (ḥubārayāt))

bustard (Otididae bird such as Chlamydotis spp., Otis tarda, Ardeotis arabs)
- 7th century CE, Sunan Abī Dāwud, 28:62:
  أَكَلْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَحْمَ حُبَارَى‏.‏
  ʔakaltu maʕa rasūli llāhi ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wa-sallama laḥma ḥubārā.
  I ate with the Prophet (peace be upon him) the flesh of a bustard.

Declension

Declension of noun حُبَارَى (ḥubārā)

Singular	singular invariable
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حُبَارَى ḥubārā	الْحُبَارَى al-ḥubārā	حُبَارَى ḥubārā
Nominative	حُبَارَى ḥubārā	الْحُبَارَى al-ḥubārā	حُبَارَى ḥubārā
Accusative	حُبَارَى ḥubārā	الْحُبَارَى al-ḥubārā	حُبَارَى ḥubārā
Genitive	حُبَارَى ḥubārā	الْحُبَارَى al-ḥubārā	حُبَارَى ḥubārā
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حُبَارَيَيْن ḥubārayayn	الْحُبَارَيَيْن al-ḥubārayayn	حُبَارَيَيْ ḥubārayay
Nominative	حُبَارَيَانِ ḥubārayāni	الْحُبَارَيَانِ al-ḥubārayāni	حُبَارَيَا ḥubārayā
Accusative	حُبَارَيَيْنِ ḥubārayayni	الْحُبَارَيَيْنِ al-ḥubārayayni	حُبَارَيَيْ ḥubārayay
Genitive	حُبَارَيَيْنِ ḥubārayayni	الْحُبَارَيَيْنِ al-ḥubārayayni	حُبَارَيَيْ ḥubārayay
Plural	sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حُبَارَيَات ḥubārayāt	الْحُبَارَيَات al-ḥubārayāt	حُبَارَيَات ḥubārayāt
Nominative	حُبَارَيَاتٌ ḥubārayātun	الْحُبَارَيَاتُ al-ḥubārayātu	حُبَارَيَاتُ ḥubārayātu
Accusative	حُبَارَيَاتٍ ḥubārayātin	الْحُبَارَيَاتِ al-ḥubārayāti	حُبَارَيَاتِ ḥubārayāti
Genitive	حُبَارَيَاتٍ ḥubārayātin	الْحُبَارَيَاتِ al-ḥubārayāti	حُبَارَيَاتِ ḥubārayāti

Derived terms

حُبْرُج (ḥubruj, “the male of a bustard”)
يَحْبُور (yaḥbūr, “young of a bustard”)
آخِرُ الزَمَانِ الْحُبَارَى تَصِيرُ شَاهِين (ʔāḵiru z-zamāni l-ḥubārā taṣīru šāhīn, “it is against nature, it is impossible”, proverb, literally “At the end of the time a bustard will become a falcon”)

Descendants

→ English: hubara
→ French: houbara f or m
- → English: houbara
→ German: Hubara f or m
→ Persian: هوبره (hubare, hubarre), آهوبره (âhubare)
→ Polish: hubara f
→ Spanish: hubara f
→ Translingual: Outis houbara; Chlamydotis houbara (obsolete)