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~ Tuesday, September 12, 2006
CHANGE YOUR NAME, BUT KEEP YOUR SPOTS The native names of the leopard: chita / adnara / tendwa (Hindustani) palang (Persian) diho (Baluchi) tidua / srighas (in Bundelkand) suh (Kashmiri) gorbacha (Dekhani) bibia-bagh / karda / asnea / singhal (Mahrathi) tenderwa / bibla (among the Bauris of the Dekhan) honiga / kerkal (Canarese) teon-kula (of the Kols) jerkos (in Rajmehal) burkal / gordag (of the Gonds) sonora (of the Korkus) chiru-thai (Tamil) chinna-pali (Telegu) pali (Malabari) kutiya (Cingalese) bai-hira / tehr-he / ghor-he (in the Simla district) sik (Tibetan) syik / sejjiak (Lapcha) binturong (Asian bearcat) kajengla (Manipuri) misi-patrai / kam-kei (of Kuki) hurrea-kon / morrh / rusa / tekhu-khuia / kekhi (Nagas) kya-lak / kya-thit (Burmese) klapreung (Talain) kiche-phong (of the Karens) rimau-bintan (Malay) Source: see below Some Asian mammals, and their Western names: kiang (Tibetan wild ass) tsaine (Malaysian wild ox) gaur (Indian bison) sakin (Asiatic ibex) arna (Indian buffalo) kastura (musk deer) zeren (Mongolian gazelle) argali (Hodgon's sheep) nilgai (blue bull) barasibgha (swamp deer) chinkara (Indian gazelle) chiru (Tibetan antelope) saikik (Yarkand gazelle) hangul (Kashmir stag) bharal (blue sheep) chital (Indian spotted deer) chousingha (four-horned antelope) goa (Tibetan gazelle) Source: The Wild Animals of India, Burma, Malaya and Tibet (R Lydekker, 1907) |