بصبوص

Najdi Arabic

Etymology

Onomatopoeic from بِص بِص (“bird whistling sound”), with the same vowel-pattern in كتكوت.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /basˀ.buːsˀ/, /bɪsˀ.buːsˀ/, /bɤ̞sˀ.buːsˀ/

Noun

بصبوص • (biṣbūṣ) m (plural بصابيص (biṣabīṣ))

  1. chick (baby bird, mostly chicken)
    Synonym: كتكوت (katkūt)
لَا تَشْرِ بِصبُوص ٍ ملون يموت بحزتَه
lā tašri biṣbūṣen mlawwan yumūt bḥazzitah
don't buy a colored chick, it'll die at the time (you buy it)
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