أبو الحجاج
Arabic
Etymology
From أَب (ʾab) and حُجَّاج (ḥujjāj, “pilgrims”), as the bird was seen as accompanying pilgrims to Mekkah.
Noun
أَبُو الْحُجَّاج • (ʾabū l-ḥujjāj) m
(obsolete)
- stork
- Synonyms: لَقْلَق (laqlaq), أَبُو حُدَيْج (ʾabū ḥudayj)
Declension
Declension of noun أَبُو الْحُجَّاج (ʾabū l-ḥujjāj)
| Singular | singular long construct | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | أَبُو الْحُجَّاج ʾabū l-ḥujjāj | — |
| Nominative | — | أَبُو الْحُجَّاجِ ʾabū l-ḥujjāji | — |
| Accusative | — | أَبَا الْحُجَّاجِ ʾabā l-ḥujjāji | — |
| Genitive | — | أَبِي الْحُجَّاجِ ʾabī l-ḥujjāji | — |
Descendants
- → Classical Syriac: ܐܒܘܠܚܘܓܓܐ (abbūlḥuggāḡā, “stork”)
- → Turkish: hacı baba (calque)
- → Ottoman Turkish: [Term?] (calque)
- → Turkish: hacı leylek
- → Azerbaijani: حاجیلئیلک (hacıleylək)
- → Persian: حاجیلقلق
- → Central Kurdish: حاجی لەقلەق (ḧacî leqleq)
- → Lezgi: гьажилеглег (hažilegleg)
- → Lak: хӀажилаглаг (ħažilaglag)