Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sloughi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sloughi
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ancient breed of domesticated dog, specifically a member of the sighthound family.

Etymology

Borrowed from French sloughi, from dialectal Arabic سْلُوڭِي (slūgī, “greyhound”), from Arabic سَلُوقِيّ (salūqiyy, “greyhound”). Doublet of Saluki.

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: سْلُوڭِي, سَلُوقِيّ

Inflected Forms

sloughis (plural)

Synonyms

Arabian Greyhound

Questions

What does sloughi mean?: An ancient breed of domesticated dog, specifically a member of the sighthound family.
Where does sloughi come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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