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The Baz-nama-yi Nasiri

Note 126 — Chapter XII · THE EAGLES[121] AND BUZZARDS[122]

D. C. (Douglas Craven) Phillott translation

ʿUqāb-i qurbāqa-chī; būq-k͟hura. Qurbāqa and bāqa are both Turki names for a frog. Būq T. is “ordure,” and figuratively anything filthy. The Spotted Eagle (Aquila nævia) feeds largely on frogs.

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