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‖ sat-bhai|ˈsɑːtbɑːi|
Also saht-bai, sathbhai.
[Hind. sātbhāī.]
An Indian jungle babbler, Turdoides striatus, a large brown bird with a long tail and slightly curved bill; = seven sisters 4.
1863T. C. Jerdon Birds of India ii. 65 It [sc. the large grey babbler] leaves the jungles and wilds, and becomes the familiar and unscared..Sat bhai. 1886Kipling Departm. Ditties (ed. 2) 62 The blue jay screams and flutters where the cheery sát-bhai dwell. 1928H. Whistler Pop. Handbk. Indian Birds 32 The vernacular name [of the jungle babbler] is ‘Sathbhai’, the Seven Brethren. 1953S. Ali Birds of Travancore & Cochin 28 A frowzled, untidy-looking earthy brown bird..invariably in flocks of half a dozen or so, whence its popular Hindustani name Sātbhai (= seven brothers). 1978‘M. M. Kaye’ Far Pavilions ii. 27 The normal noises of an Indian morning:..the harsh cry of a peacock..and the chatter and chirrup of tree-rats saht-bai and weaver-birds. |