بلدرچین

بلدرچین

Persian

Etymology

From Turkic, likely from Ottoman Turkish بلدرجین‎ (bıldırcın), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bïldur-, *buldïr- (“quail”).[1]

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /beldeɾˈt͡ʃiːn/

Noun

Dari	بودنه‎
Iranian Persian	بلدرچین
Tajik	бедона (bedona)

بلدرچین • (belderčin) (plural بلدرچین‌ها‎ (belderčin-hâ))

1. quail

   ‏تخم بلدرچین‎ ― toxm-e belderčin ― quail eggs

References

1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*bɨldur- (*buldɨr-)”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill