طاووس

Arabic

طَاوُوس

Etymology

From Aramaic טוסא / ܛܰܘܣܳܐ (ṭawsā).

Noun

طَاوُوس • (ṭāwūs) m (plural طَوَاوِيسُ (ṭawāwīsu) or أَطْوَاس (ʔaṭwās))

  1. peacock

Declension

Descendants

  • Persian: طاووس (tâvus)
  • Ottoman Turkish: طاووس (tavus)
    • Turkish: tavus
    • Armenian: թավուս խուշի (tʻavus xuši)
  • Azerbaijani: tovuz
  • Kazakh: тауыс (tauys)
  • Swahili: tausi

References

  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 118
  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “طاووس”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 78

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic طَاوُوس (ṭāwūs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tˤaː.wuːs/

Noun

طاووس • (ṭāwūs) m (plural طواوس (ṭwāwis) or طاووسات (ṭāwūsāt))

  1. peacock
    Synonym: طاوس (ṭāwis)

Persian

یک طاووس هندی

An Indian Peacock

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَاوُوس (ṭāwūs).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɑː.wúːs]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɑː.wúːs]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɔː.wús]

Readings
Classical reading? tāwūs
Dari reading? tāwūs
Iranian reading? tâvus
Tajik reading? tovus

Noun

طاووس • (tâvus)

  1. peacock

Derived terms

  • طاووس سبز (tâvus-e sabz)
  • طاووس سفید (tâvus-e sefid)
  • طاووس هندی (tâvus-e hendi)
  • تخت طاووس (taxt-e tâvus)
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