وروغnounmasculine
crow, raven
Meanings
- crow, raven
Pashto definitions
- کارغه، وراغ، کاغ، کارګه، قارغه، کوړاغ
- کارغه، وراغ، کاغ، کارګه
Forms
- alternative
- وراغwrāǧ
Translations (1)
- French
- corbeau (m.).
Etymology: From Proto-Pathan *wroγ < *wərā̊́γ, from an ancestral Middle Iranian form *warā́γ-, from Old Iranian *warā́ga-. The ultimate origin is uncertain, but probably of non-Indo-European (possibly the BMAC substrate) origin; the similarity to Proto-Slavic *vorna (“crow”) is likely coincidental. Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬭𐬆𐬖𐬥𐬀 (vār^əγna, “falcon”), Middle Persian 𐭥𐭫𐭠𐭢 (wlʾg /warāγ/, “crow”), Early New Persian [Syriac needed] (gurāǧ, “crow”), Sogdian [Manichaean needed] (*wrʾγyc), Judeo-Persian [script needed] (barāǧ, “crow”), Baluchi گوراگ (gwarág, “crow”), Sistani گەراغ (ga:rāġ…