chukar

English

Alectoris chukar

Alternative forms

• chichore, chikhor, chikkor, chikor, chuckoor, chuker, chukor

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi चकोर (cakor).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃʌk.ɚ/

Noun

chukar (plural chukars)

1. A species of partridge native to central Asia (Alectoris chukar).
   • 1892, Ram Bramha Sanyal, A Hand-book of the Management of Animals in Captivity in Lower Bengal‎^[1]:

     The black partridge is very noisy during the spring, which corresponds with its breeding season, and calls loud and incessantly in the morning, at midday, and sometimes even at night; the painted partridge has a pleasant chirping note; the chukar is another noisy bird; its call-note is fully described by Hume.

   • 1937, Monthly Bulletin of the Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission, Texas. Game, Fish, and Oyster Commission:

     The climate is dry and at the time the chukars hatch that Is In their favor.

Synonyms

• chukar partridge

Translations

partridge

• Bulgarian: скална яребица f (skalna jarebica)
• Dutch: Aziatische steenpatrijs
• Finnish: vuoripyy (fi)
• German: Chukarhuhn n
• Greek: νησιώτικη πέρδικα f (nisiótiki pérdika)
• Hindi: चकोर (hi) m (cakor)
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• Japanese: 岩鷓鴣 (ja) (iwashako)
• Navajo: naaʼahóóhai noodǫ́zígíí
• Persian: فرفور (farfur)
• Russian: азиа́тский ке́клик m (aziátskij kéklik)

References

• Chukar partridge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Alectoris chukar on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Alectoris chukar on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Kuchar