kulangn.

Brit.

/ˈkuːlaŋ/, U.S.

/ˈkulɑŋ/

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Forms: 1600s–1700s colum, 1800s– coolan, 1800s– coolen, 1800s– coolung, 1800s– cullum, 1800s– kolong, 1800s– koolen, 1800s– koolung, 1800s– kulan, 1800s– kulang, 1800s– kullum, 1800s– kullung, 1800s– kulung, 1900s– colong, 1900s– kuling.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Urdu. Partly a borrowing from Persian. Etymons: Urdu kulang; Persian kulang.

Etymology: < Urdu kulang and its etymon Persian kulang (Middle Persian kulang); further etymology unknown.

Indian English.

The common crane, Grus grus. Also: the demoiselle crane, Anthropoides virgo.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Gruidae (cranes) > member of genus Grus > grus grus lilfordi

kulang1698

the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Gruidae (cranes) > genus Anthropoides > anthropoides virgo or demoiselle

demoiselle1687

kulang1698

Numidian crane1767

buffoon-bird1774

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 111 A Colum may be hunted with a Greyhound, as we do Bustards, being a great Fowl and long in Rising.

1767 Philos. Trans. 1766 (Royal Soc.) 56 212 The colum and serass are said to come to the rivers and lakes about Surat or Duccan from Caucasus, flying in armies.

1813 J. Forbes Oriental Mem. II. xvi. 29 Two stately birds, called the sahras and cullum.

1838 R. M. Martin Eastern India III. 579 Large flocks of a crane called Kolong..frequent this district in winter.

1883 E. H. Aitken Tribes on my Frontier 160 Not being so green as I was, I let the tempting herd of antelopes pass, but the kullum I cannot resist.

1910 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 285/2 The kulan, too, or demoiselle cranes, are lovely birds..and are found in great numbers all up the river Jumna.

1949 N. B. Kinnear Whistler's Pop. Handbk. Indian Birds (ed. 4) 444 The Common Crane and the Demoiselle Crane are not usually distinguished from each other in India and are well known collectively under the names of Kunj and Kulung.

2005 Muqarnas 21 97/1 In the description of the crane (kulang), for example, we find, even if reversed, the same two themes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kulang
释义	kulangn. Brit. /ˈkuːlaŋ/, U.S. /ˈkulɑŋ/ Inflections: Plural unchanged. Forms: 1600s–1700s colum, 1800s– coolan, 1800s– coolen, 1800s– coolung, 1800s– cullum, 1800s– kolong, 1800s– koolen, 1800s– koolung, 1800s– kulan, 1800s– kulang, 1800s– kullum, 1800s– kullung, 1800s– kulung, 1900s– colong, 1900s– kuling. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Urdu. Partly a borrowing from Persian. Etymons: Urdu kulang; Persian kulang. Etymology: < Urdu kulang and its etymon Persian kulang (Middle Persian kulang); further etymology unknown. Indian English. The common crane, Grus grus. Also: the demoiselle crane, Anthropoides virgo. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Gruidae (cranes) > member of genus Grus > grus grus lilfordi kulang1698 the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Gruidae (cranes) > genus Anthropoides > anthropoides virgo or demoiselle demoiselle1687 kulang1698 Numidian crane1767 buffoon-bird1774 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 111 A Colum may be hunted with a Greyhound, as we do Bustards, being a great Fowl and long in Rising. 1767 Philos. Trans. 1766 (Royal Soc.) 56 212 The colum and serass are said to come to the rivers and lakes about Surat or Duccan from Caucasus, flying in armies. 1813 J. Forbes Oriental Mem. II. xvi. 29 Two stately birds, called the sahras and cullum. 1838 R. M. Martin Eastern India III. 579 Large flocks of a crane called Kolong..frequent this district in winter. 1883 E. H. Aitken Tribes on my Frontier 160 Not being so green as I was, I let the tempting herd of antelopes pass, but the kullum I cannot resist. 1910 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 285/2 The kulan, too, or demoiselle cranes, are lovely birds..and are found in great numbers all up the river Jumna. 1949 N. B. Kinnear Whistler's Pop. Handbk. Indian Birds (ed. 4) 444 The Common Crane and the Demoiselle Crane are not usually distinguished from each other in India and are well known collectively under the names of Kunj and Kulung. 2005 Muqarnas 21 97/1 In the description of the crane (kulang), for example, we find, even if reversed, the same two themes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1698
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