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onager in Arabic

أَخْدَر ʔaḵdar

/ˈɒnəd͡ʒə/US/ˈɑnəd͡ʒɚ/

onager in Arabic: أَخْدَر (ʔaḵdar), عَيْر (ʕayr), فَرَأ (faraʔ), فَرَاء (farāʔ). In English, onager means the Asiatic wild ass or hemione (Equus hemionus), an animal of the horse family native to Asia; specifically, the Persian onager, Persian wild ass, or Persian zebra (Equus hemionus onager).

Arabic words for onager

Asiatic wild ass or hemione
أَخْدَر ʔaḵdar, عَيْر ʕayr, فَرَأ faraʔ, فَرَاء farāʔ, عِلْج ʕilj

English meaning of onager

  1. noun The Asiatic wild ass or hemione (Equus hemionus), an animal of the horse family native to Asia; specifically, the Persian onager, Persian wild ass, or Persian zebra (Equus hemionus onager).
  2. noun A military engine acting like a sling which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket powered by the torsion from a bundle of ropes or sinews operated by machinery; a torsion catapult.

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Questions about onager in Arabic

What is the meaning of onager in Arabic?
Onager in Arabic is أَخْدَر (ʔaḵdar), عَيْر (ʕayr), فَرَأ (faraʔ), فَرَاء (farāʔ).
ما معنى كلمة onager؟
Onager: أَخْدَر (ʔaḵdar), عَيْر (ʕayr), فَرَأ (faraʔ), فَرَاء (farāʔ).
What does onager mean in English?
Onager means the Asiatic wild ass or hemione (Equus hemionus), an animal of the horse family native to Asia; specifically, the Persian onager, Persian wild ass, or Persian zebra (Equus hemionus onager).

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