Where does “فیل‌مرغ” come from?

فیل‌مرغ (Persian) comes from Persian فیل, from Arabic فِيل, from Middle Persian pyl, from Latin pirum — a pear.

فیل‌مرغ (Persian): turkey

Definitions

  1. turkey

Ancestry of “فیل‌مرغ”, step by step

فیل‌مرغ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian فیل

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianفیلelephant; bishop
2Arabicفِيلelephant; the elephant
3Middle Persianpylelephant; bishop
4Latinpiruma pear

via Persian مرغ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianمرغbird; hen
2Undeterminedmurγbird
Every word from Latin pirum →