boonkn.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French boo-onk.

Etymology: < French boo-onk (1743 or earlier) < Arabic bū-ʿunq, literally ‘father of the neck’, i.e. ‘having a (prominent) neck’ < bū, colloquial variant of 'abū father + ʿunq neck.

A local name of the Little Bittern ( Botaurus minutus).

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1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. Boonk, vide Bittern-little.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	boonk
释义	boonkn. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French boo-onk. Etymology: < French boo-onk (1743 or earlier) < Arabic bū-ʿunq, literally ‘father of the neck’, i.e. ‘having a (prominent) neck’ < bū, colloquial variant of 'abū father + ʿunq neck. A local name of the Little Bittern ( Botaurus minutus). ΚΠ 1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. Boonk, vide Bittern-little. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1802
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