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The Canonical Morgh Index
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The Canonical Morgh Index

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The Canonical Morgh Index

What is the object in plain literal language?

New Persian مرغ (morgh) descends from Middle Persian murw, meaning "bird".

In modern usage morgh narrowed from the general sense "bird" to commonly denote domestic fowl (chicken), while the older "bird" sense survives inside compounds.

Limits of the evidence and exact unresolved questions

In every compound above morgh means "bird/fowl" generally; glossing it as "chicken" specifically is the article's deliberate comic conceit, not a lexical claim — these birds are not taxonomically chickens.

The historical etymology of Sīmorgh is Avestan mərəγō saēnō / Pahlavi sēnmurw ("saēna bird"), NOT "thirty birds"; the si morgh reading is a literary pun, not the word's origin.

System notes

مرغ دریایی (morgh-e daryāyi, "seabird/gull") is morgh + دریا (daryā, "sea") = "sea-bird".

فیل‌مرغ (fil-morgh, "turkey") is فیل (fil, "elephant") + morgh = "elephant-bird".

مرغابی (morghābi, "duck") is morgh ("fowl/bird") + آب (āb, "water") = "water-fowl".

شترمرغ (shotormorgh, "ostrich") is شتر (shotor, "camel") + morgh = "camel-bird".

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system
In every compound above morgh means "bird/fowl" generally; glossing it as "chicken" specifically is the article's deliberate comic conceit, not a lexical claim — these birds are not taxonomically chickens.
sources: s-dehkhoda, s-hasandust
system
The historical etymology of Sīmorgh is Avestan mərəγō saēnō / Pahlavi sēnmurw ("saēna bird"), NOT "thirty birds"; the si morgh reading is a literary pun, not the word's origin.
sources: s-iranica-simorgh
anecdotal
مرغ آمین (morgh-e āmin, "the Amen bird") is a mythical bird named in Nima Yushij's poem of that title.
sources: s-nima
anecdotal
مرغ حق (morgh-e haqq) is a folk name for the scops owl, glossed "bird of Truth" after its night call heard as "haqq" ("truth").
sources: s-dehkhoda
anecdotal
مرغ سحر (morgh-e sahar, "bird of dawn") is the title of a celebrated Persian tasnif with lyrics by Bahār.
sources: s-morghesahar
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anecdotal0.30
In Attar's Conference of the Birds, thirty birds reach the Sīmorgh and realize they themselves are it — the poem turns on reading Sīmorgh as si morgh, "thirty birds".
sources: s-attar
system0.10
مرغ دریایی (morgh-e daryāyi, "seabird/gull") is morgh + دریا (daryā, "sea") = "sea-bird".
sources: s-steingass
system0.10
فیل‌مرغ (fil-morgh, "turkey") is فیل (fil, "elephant") + morgh = "elephant-bird".
sources: s-dehkhoda
system0.10
مرغابی (morghābi, "duck") is morgh ("fowl/bird") + آب (āb, "water") = "water-fowl".
sources: s-dehkhoda, s-steingass
system0.10
New Persian مرغ (morgh) descends from Middle Persian murw, meaning "bird".
sources: s-mackenzie, s-hasandust
system0.10
In modern usage morgh narrowed from the general sense "bird" to commonly denote domestic fowl (chicken), while the older "bird" sense survives inside compounds.
sources: s-dehkhoda, s-steingass
system0.10
شترمرغ (shotormorgh, "ostrich") is شتر (shotor, "camel") + morgh = "camel-bird".
sources: s-dehkhoda, s-steingass
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What does the ledger say about this (system tier): "In every compound above morgh means "bird/fowl" generally; glossing it as "chicken" specifically is the article's deliberate comic conceit, …"?
ask the-canonical-morgh-index claim c-conceit · paste includes §SELF
What does the ledger say about this (system tier): "The historical etymology of Sīmorgh is Avestan mərəγō saēnō / Pahlavi sēnmurw ("saēna bird"), NOT "thirty birds"; the si morgh reading is a …"?
ask the-canonical-morgh-index claim c-simorgh-etym · paste includes §SELF
What does the ledger say about this (anecdotal tier): "مرغ آمین (morgh-e āmin, "the Amen bird") is a mythical bird named in Nima Yushij's poem of that title."?
ask the-canonical-morgh-index claim c-amin · paste includes §SELF
What does the ledger say about this (anecdotal tier): "مرغ حق (morgh-e haqq) is a folk name for the scops owl, glossed "bird of Truth" after its night call heard as "haqq" ("truth")."?
ask the-canonical-morgh-index claim c-haqq · paste includes §SELF
What does the ledger say about this (anecdotal tier): "مرغ سحر (morgh-e sahar, "bird of dawn") is the title of a celebrated Persian tasnif with lyrics by Bahār."?
ask the-canonical-morgh-index claim c-sahar · paste includes §SELF
What does the ledger say about this (anecdotal tier): "In Attar's Conference of the Birds, thirty birds reach the Sīmorgh and realize they themselves are it — the poem turns on reading Sīmorgh as…"?
ask the-canonical-morgh-index claim c-simorgh-pun · paste includes §SELF
For my medical situation, what can you answer from your catalogue about The Canonical Morgh Index — and what would you need me to tell you first?
ask the-canonical-morgh-index condition gaps · paste includes §SELF
What good and bad outcomes are documented for The Canonical Morgh Index (studies vs anecdotes)?
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New Persian مرغ (morgh) descends from Middle Persian murw, meaning "bird".
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In modern usage morgh narrowed from the general sense "bird" to commonly denote domestic fowl (chicken), while the older "bird" sense survives inside compounds.
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مرغابی (morghābi, "duck") is morgh ("fowl/bird") + آب (āb, "water") = "water-fowl".
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claim:c-shotormorghsystem9b845a5e83b0chain 0
شترمرغ (shotormorgh, "ostrich") is شتر (shotor, "camel") + morgh = "camel-bird".
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claim:c-filmorghsystem646ab1fa53c8chain 0
فیل‌مرغ (fil-morgh, "turkey") is فیل (fil, "elephant") + morgh = "elephant-bird".
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claim:c-daryayisystem9d599b54ba8bchain 0
مرغ دریایی (morgh-e daryāyi, "seabird/gull") is morgh + دریا (daryā, "sea") = "sea-bird".
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claim:c-haqqanecdotalacba75dba054chain 0
مرغ حق (morgh-e haqq) is a folk name for the scops owl, glossed "bird of Truth" after its night call heard as "haqq" ("truth").
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claim:c-simorgh-punanecdotala3ecf9778a7achain 0
In Attar's Conference of the Birds, thirty birds reach the Sīmorgh and realize they themselves are it — the poem turns on reading Sīmorgh as si morgh, "thirty birds".
link to this claimmachine read
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The historical etymology of Sīmorgh is Avestan mərəγō saēnō / Pahlavi sēnmurw ("saēna bird"), NOT "thirty birds"; the si morgh reading is a literary pun, not the word's origin.
link to this claimmachine read
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مرغ سحر (morgh-e sahar, "bird of dawn") is the title of a celebrated Persian tasnif with lyrics by Bahār.
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claim:c-aminanecdotal4e58786174f5chain 0
مرغ آمین (morgh-e āmin, "the Amen bird") is a mythical bird named in Nima Yushij's poem of that title.
link to this claimmachine read
claim:c-conceitsystemfadf2ac0fe63chain 0
In every compound above morgh means "bird/fowl" generally; glossing it as "chicken" specifically is the article's deliberate comic conceit, not a lexical claim — these birds are not taxonomically chickens.
link to this claimmachine read