بلارج

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Algerian Arabic

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Etymology

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Inherited from vernacular Maghrebi Middle Arabic, from Ancient Greek πελᾱργός (pelārgós). The odd situation of a Greek animal name spreading but in the never Greek West may be owed due to taking over the term in Egypt first, possible via unattested Coptic. Notably, in Maltese one took the Romance word, ċikonja, for the bird.

Noun

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بلارج (ballārijm

  1. stork
    Synonym: (Tlemcen) بو شقشاق (bū šəqšāq)

Andalusian Arabic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from vernacular Maghrebi Middle Arabic, from Ancient Greek πελᾱργός (pelārgós). The odd situation of a Greek animal name spreading but in the never Greek West may be owed due to taking over the term in Egypt first, possible via unattested Coptic. Notably, in Maltese one took the Romance word, ċikonja, for the bird.

Noun

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بَلَّارِج or بُلَّارِج (ballārij or bullārijm (collective, singulative بَلَّارِجَة (ballārija), and بُلَّارِجَة, bullārija)

  1. stork
    Synonyms: أَبُو شِقْشَاق (ʔabū šiqšāq), بُوشَقْشَاق (būšaqšāq)

References

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  • Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 172, note the footnote 232; variant بلوج and برلوج page 170

Moroccan Arabic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from vernacular Maghrebi Arabic, from Ancient Greek πελᾱργός (pelārgós). The odd situation of a Greek animal name spreading but in the never Greek West may be owed due to taking over the term in Egypt first, possible via unattested Coptic.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bal.laː.riʒ/, /bil.laː.riʒ/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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بلارج (ballārij, billārijm

  1. stork
    Synonyms: لقلاق (laqlāq), (borderline Ḥassānīya) أداناي (ʔadānāy)

Tunisian Arabic

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Etymology

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Inherited from vernacular Maghrebi Middle Arabic, from Ancient Greek πελᾱργός (pelārgós). The odd situation of a Greek animal name spreading but in the never Greek West may be owed due to taking over the term in Egypt first, possible via unattested Coptic.

Noun

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بلارج (balārijm

  1. stork
    Synonym: (in the city of Tūnis) نعوشة (nʕūša)