کرکس

See also: کرگس

Persian

کرکس – Gypaetus barbatus

Alternative forms

• کرگس (kargas)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (klkʾs' /⁠kargās⁠/, “vulture”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kaɾ.ˈkas]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäɾ.kʰǽs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäɾ.kʰǽs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰäɾ.kʰǽs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰäɾ.kʰǽs]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæɹ.kʰʲǽs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäɾ.kʰǽs]

Readings
Classical reading?	karkas
Dari reading?	karkas
Iranian reading?	karkas
Tajik reading?	karkas

Noun

کرکس • (karkas) (plural کرکس‌ها (karkas-hâ))

1. vulture

   Synonyms: لاشخور (lâšxor), نسر (nasr)

   • 1066, Asadī Ṭūsī, گرشاسپ‌نامه [Garshāsp-Nāma]:

     ز تف سر تیغ وز عکس آب
     همی در هوا گشت کرکس کباب

     zi taf-i sar-i tēğ w-az aks-i āb
     hamē dar hawā gašt karkas kabāb

     Due to the radiance of the blade's edge and the water's reflection,
     The vulture in the air was becoming roast meat.

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “کرکس”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “کرکس”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press