Baby Animals صــِـــغــــَــــــار الــحـــَـــيـــــوانـــَـــات
In today’s post, we are going to learn some names of baby animals in the Arabic language.
* The baby lion أســـَـــد is called a “cub شـــِــبــْـــل “
* The baby horse حـِــصــَــان is called a “foal or colt مــُــهـــْـــر ”
* The baby donkey حــِــمــَـــار is called a “foal or colt جــَــحــْــش ”
* The baby of a dog كـَـلــْــب is called a “puppy جـَــرْو ”
* The baby of an elephant فـِــيـــل is called a “calf دعــْــفــَــل ”
* The baby bear دُ بّ is called a “cub دَيــْــســَــم ”
* The baby ostrich نَـعــَــامـَــة is called a “chick رَال ”
* The baby camel نــَــاقـــَــة / جــَــمــَــل is called a “calf حـَــوَار ”
* The baby sheep شــَـــاة is called a “lamb حــَــمــَــل ”
* The baby goat عــَــنــْــزَة is called a “kid or billy جــَــدْىْ ”
* The baby rabbit أرْنــَــبْ is a “bunny خــَــرْنــَــق ”
* The baby pig خـِــنــْــزيــر is a “piglet خــَـــنــُــوص ”
* The baby rat فــَــأر is a “pup دَرص ”
* The baby chicken دَجــَــاجــَـــة is called a “chick ثــَــقّ ”
* The baby fox ثــَــعــْــلَــب is called a “cub هــَــجــْــرَس ”
* The baby wolf ذِئــْــب is called a “pup غــَــلــْــو ”
* The baby cow بــَــقــَــرَة is a “calf عــِــجــْــل ”
* The baby falcon صــَــقــْــر is called a “chick هــَــيــْــث ”
* the baby eagle نــِــســْـــر is called an “eaglet هــَــيــْــثـــَـــم ”
* The baby deer غــزَالــَــة is called a “fawn رِيـــم ”
* The baby butterfly فــَـــرَاشــَـــة is called a “caterpillar يــَــرَقــَــة ”
* The baby pigeon حــَــمــَــامــَـــة is called a “squab جــَــوْزَل ”
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Peace ســلام /Salam/
Comments:
Juan:
Hello,
Very interesting. I wonder if there is also a word for a baby cat or kitten.
Thanks,
Salam,
Juan.
Fisal:
@Juan Hi Juan,
Of course, there is a word for a baby cat or kitten in Arabic. (he) cat is قـِـطـّ /qitt/ or هـِـرّ /Hirr/ and (she) cat is قـِـطـّـة /qittah/ or هـِـرّة /Hirrah/ while a baby cat or kitten is قـُـطـَـيـْـطـَـة /qutaytah/ or هـُـرَيـْـرَة /Hurayrah/. The name of a baby cat follows a grammatical rule for (smallizing) Arabic nouns (The Tasgheer rule قاعدة التصغير). This rule can also be used to redicule people or satiring them. There is a famous religious figure in Islam who was nicknamed Abo-Hurayrah أبو هـُـرَيـْـرَة because he always carried a small cat or kitten in his sleeve.
Best
Fisal
Juan:
Shukran ya Fisal!!
Very interesting the rule for dininutives.
Salam,
Juan
bint:
Salaam alaykum
What about a baby turtle?