بلارج

Algerian Arabic

Etymology

Inherited from vernacular Maghrebi Middle Arabic, from Ancient Greek πελᾱργός (pelārgós). The odd situation of a Greek animal name spreading but in the never Greek West may be owed due to taking over the term in Egypt first, possible via unattested Coptic. Notably, in Maltese one took the Romance word, ċikonja, for the bird.

Noun

بلارج (ballārij) m

1. stork

   Synonym: (Tlemcen) بو شقشاق (bū šəqšāq)

Andalusian Arabic

Alternative forms

• بُرْلُوج (burlūj), بُلُّوج (bullūj)

Etymology

Inherited from vernacular Maghrebi Middle Arabic, from Ancient Greek πελᾱργός (pelārgós). The odd situation of a Greek animal name spreading but in the never Greek West may be owed due to taking over the term in Egypt first, possible via unattested Coptic. Notably, in Maltese one took the Romance word, ċikonja, for the bird.

Noun

بَلَّارِج or بُلَّارِج (ballārij or bullārij) m (collective, singulative بَلَّارِجَة (ballārija), and بُلَّارِجَة, bullārija)

1. stork

   Synonyms: أَبُو شِقْشَاق (ʔabū šiqšāq), بُوشَقْشَاق (būšaqšāq)

References

• Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 172, note the footnote 232; variant بلوج and برلوج page 170

Moroccan Arabic

Alternative forms

• برارج (barrārij, birrārij)

Etymology

Inherited from vernacular Maghrebi Arabic, from Ancient Greek πελᾱργός (pelārgós). The odd situation of a Greek animal name spreading but in the never Greek West may be owed due to taking over the term in Egypt first, possible via unattested Coptic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bal.laː.riʒ/, /bil.laː.riʒ/

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Noun

بلارج • (ballārij, billārij) m

1. stork

   Synonyms: لقلاق (laqlāq), (borderline Ḥassānīya) أداناي (ʔadānāy)

Tunisian Arabic

Etymology

Inherited from vernacular Maghrebi Middle Arabic, from Ancient Greek πελᾱργός (pelārgós). The odd situation of a Greek animal name spreading but in the never Greek West may be owed due to taking over the term in Egypt first, possible via unattested Coptic.

Noun

بلارج (balārij) m

1. stork

   Synonym: (in the city of Tūnis) نعوشة (nʕūša)