Arabic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From أَب (ʔab) and حُجَّاج (ḥujjāj, “pilgrims”), as the bird was seen as accompanying pilgrims to Mekkah.
Noun
[edit]أَبُو الْحُجَّاج • (ʔabū l-ḥujjāj) m (obsolete)
- stork
- Synonyms: لَقْلَق (laqlaq), أَبُو حُدَيْج (ʔabū ḥudayj)
Declension
[edit]| singular | singular long construct | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | أَبُو الْحُجَّاج ʔabū l-ḥujjāj |
— |
| nominative | — | أَبُو الْحُجَّاجِ ʔabū l-ḥujjāji |
— |
| accusative | — | أَبَا الْحُجَّاجِ ʔabā l-ḥujjāji |
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| genitive | — | أَبِي الْحُجَّاجِ ʔabī l-ḥujjāji |
— |
Descendants
[edit]- → Classical Syriac: ܐܒܘܠܚܘܓܓܐ (abbūlḥuggāḡā, “stork”)
- → Turkish: hacı baba (calque)
- → Ottoman Turkish: حاجى ليلك (calque)
- → Turkish: hacı leylek
- → Azerbaijani: حاجیلئیلک (hacıleylək)
- → Persian: حاجیلقلق
- → Central Kurdish: حاجی لەقلەق (ḧacî leqleq)
- → Lezgi: гьажилеглег (hažilegleg)
- → Lak: хӏажилаглаг (ħažilaglag)