ابو قردان

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From the Arabic أَبُو (ʔabū, “father/possessor of”) + قِرْدَان (qirdān, “ticks”), thus literally meaning "father or possessor of ticks". Derived from the huge number of parasites such as avian ticks found in its breeding colonies.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [æbʊˈʔeɾdæːn]

Noun

أَبُو قِرْدَان • (ʾabu ʾirdān) m (no plural)

1. cattle egret
2. ibis

Synonyms

• ابو منجل

References

• Spiro, Socrates (1895). An Arabic-English vocabulary of the colloquial Arabic of Egypt, containing the vernacular idioms and expressions, slang phrases, etc., etc., used by the native Egyptians Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office.
• Hinds, Martin; Badawi, El-Said (1986). A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic Beirut: Librairie du Liban.
• Lane, Edward William (1863). An Arabic - English Lexicon derived from the best and the most copious eastern sources London: Williams and Northgate.