Arabic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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هَدْهَدَ (hadhada) Iq (non-past يُهَدْهِدُ (yuhadhidu), verbal noun هَدْهَدَة (hadhada))

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

Conjugation

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Noun

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هُدْهُد

هُدْهُد (hudhudm (plural هَدَاهِد (hadāhid))

  1. (birds) hoopoe

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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  • 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

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic هُدْهُد (hudhud).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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هدهد (hodhod)

  1. hoopoe
    Synonyms: شانه‌بسر (šâne-besar), پوپک (pupak), پوپو (pupu)

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