The Hindi-Urdu word for "rabbit" is ख़रगोश/خرگوش ḵẖargoś, borrowed from Persian, where it seems to etymologically mean "donkey ears". خر khar is "ass" and گوش goš is "ear".
Friday, August 28, 2009
donkey ears
Thanks to epea pteroenta, I've learned that the Greek word for "rabbit" (λαγώς, as in lagomorph) etymologically means "floppy ears".
The Hindi-Urdu word for "rabbit" is ख़रगोश/خرگوش ḵẖargoś, borrowed from Persian, where it seems to etymologically mean "donkey ears". خر khar is "ass" and گوش goš is "ear".
The Hindi-Urdu word for "rabbit" is ख़रगोश/خرگوش ḵẖargoś, borrowed from Persian, where it seems to etymologically mean "donkey ears". خر khar is "ass" and گوش goš is "ear".
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