תרנגול

Hebrew

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒁯𒈗𒄷 (tarlugallum, “rooster”), from Sumerian 𒁯𒈗𒄷 (dar-lugal^mušen /⁠darlugal⁠/, “rooster”, literally “bird or fowl of the king”). The first element uncertainly connected to Proto-Semitic *ṭayr- (“bird”) or Proto-Semitic *dVrr, Proto-Afroasiatic *dir(h)w- (“bird, hen, dove, fowl, chicken, rooster”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /taʁneˈɡol/

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Noun

תַּרְנְגוֹל • (tarn'gól) m (plural indefinite תַּרְנְגוֹלִים, feminine counterpart תרנגולת / תַּרְנְגֹלֶת)

1. chicken (animal), either male or of unspecified gender
   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Avodah Zarah 1:5:

     רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, מֻתָּר לִמְכּוֹר לוֹ תַּרְנְגוֹל לָבָן בֵּין הַתַּרְנְגוֹלִין.

     Rabbí Yehudá omér, muttár limkór lo tarn'gól laván bein ha-tarn'golín.

     Rabbi Yehuda says, it is permitted to sell him a white chicken among other chickens.

1. • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Eruvin 100b:

     דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ מִתַּרְנְגוֹל — שֶׁמְּפַיֵּיס וְאַחַר כָּךְ בּוֹעֵל.

     Dérekh éretz mi-tarn'gól — she-m'fayyés v-aḥár kakh bo'él.

     Proper conduct from the chicken — for it persuades and afterwards it mates.

Derived terms

• תרנגול הודו

See also

• גֶּבֶר m (géver, “rooster, cock”)