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Also Hindistan (Land of the Hindi) means India, and "hindi" means turkey, in Turkish. Mısır also means corn and also Egypt in the same language.
by egeozcan 4y ago
Also Hindistan (Land of the Hindi) means India, and "hindi" means turkey, in Turkish. Mısır also means corn and also Egypt in the same language.
- walrus01 4y agoAnd the actual bird, in Iranian Farsi, is a "booghoolamoo", which is roughly the same idea as the gobbling noise a turkey makes. In Afghan Farsi (Dari) the bird is a "feel murgh" which translates as Elephant Chicken.
- dizhn 4y agoYup. It's pretty ignorant to call India the land of turkeys,while throwing a fit when other countries call yours Turkey.
- timeon 4y agoMaybe the bird will be also called türkiye now.
- cetinkaya 4y agoHindistan comes from Hindustan (India in Persian), not from the bird hindi (turkey).
- dizhn 4y agoGood to know. But it doesn't matter in the context of this discussion. It still means Land of Turkeys in Turkish. Not really of course, just like Turkey does not mean turkey in English.