کلاغ

Persian

Alternative forms

• گراغ (garâğ) (dialectal, Nehbandan)

Etymology

From a Proto-Iranian root not attested in Middle Persian. Cognate with Mazanderani کلاج (kalāǰ), Gilaki کلاچ (kəlāč), Northern Luri غلا (qelā), Ossetian халон (xalon). Probably ultimately onomatopoeic, but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“crow”); compare Latin corvus, Ancient Greek κόρᾰξ (kórax), Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ka.ˈlɑːɣ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.lɑ́ːɣ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.lɑ́ːɣ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰä.lɑ́ːɣ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰä.lɔ́ːɣ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæ.lɒ́ːɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.lɔ́ʁ]

Readings
Classical reading?	kalāğ
Dari reading?	kalāğ
Iranian reading?	kalâğ
Tajik reading?	kaloġ

Noun

Dari	کلاغ
Iranian Persian
Tajik	калоғ

کلاغ • (kalâğ) (plural کلاغ‌ها (kalâğ-hâ))

1. crow (bird)

   Synonym: زاغ (zâğ)

   • 1963, Forugh Farrokhzad, “فتح باغ”, in تولدی دیگر [Another Birth]‎^[1]:

     آن کلاغی که پرید
     از فراز سر ما
     و فرو رفت در اندیشهٔ آشفتهٔ ابری ولگرد

     ân kolâği ke parid
     az farâz-e sar-e mâ
     va foru raft dar andiše-ye âšofte-ye abri velgard

     that crow which flew
     above our heads
     and went down into the scattered thoughts of a vagabond cloud