houbara bustard

English

Alternative forms

• hubara

Etymology

In this spelling, from French houbara, and later also directly from Arabic حُبَارَى (ḥubārā).

Noun

houbara bustard (plural houbara bustards)

1. Chlamydotis undulata, a bustard, chiefly of North Africa and south-east Asia.

Synonyms

• North African houbara

Translations

Chlamydotis undulata

• Arabic: حُبَارَى f (ḥubārā)
• Bulgarian: хубара f (hubara)
• French: houbara f or m
• German: Hubara f or m
• Greek: χλαμυδωτίδα της Σαχάρας f (chlamydotída tis Sacháras)
• Hindi: होबार (hi) m (hobār), तिल्लर (hi) m (tillar)
• Persian: هوبره (fa) (hubare, hubarre)
• Polish: hubara f
• Spanish: hubara f

Further reading

• houbara bustard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia