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الاغ

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Turkic. Compare Azerbaijani ulaq, Chagatai اولاغ (ulaǧ), Uyghur ئۇلاغ (ulagh), ئۇلاق (ulaq), Uzbek uloq, ulov, Ottoman Turkish اولاق (ulak), Turkmen ulag.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? ulāġ
Dari reading? ulāġ
Iranian reading? olâġ
Tajik reading? uloġ

Noun

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الاغ (ulāġ / olâġ) (Tajik spelling улоғ)

  1. (Iran) donkey, ass
    Synonyms: خر (xar), درازگوش (darāz-gōš / derâz-guš)
    • 1871, Niaz-Muhammad ibn Ashur-Muhammad Khoqandi, Tarikh-i Shahrukhi[1], page 216:
      در آنجا نیز یک هفته مکث نموده، به پیاده‌های قوشین اسب و اولاو داده، و آزوق و اسباب و انجام و سرانجام قوشین را درستی نمودند.
      dar ānjā nīz yak hafta maks numūda, ba piyāda-hā-yi qōšīn asb u ūlāw dāda, wa āzūq u asbāb u anjām u sar-anjām-i qōšīn rā durustī numūdand.
      There he bivouacked for one week, gave the army's infantrymen horses and donkeys, and replenished the army's provisions and equipment.
  2. (obsolete) courier, messenger