وروغ

wroǧ/wroɣ/

وروغnounmasculine

crow, raven

Meanings

  1. crow, raven

Pashto definitions

  1. کارغه، وراغ، کاغ، کارګه، قارغه، کوړاغ
  2. 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…