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kite in Persian

خات xât

/kaɪt//kaɪt/

kite in Persian: خات (xât), غَلیواج (ġalivâj), زَغَن (zaġan), کورکور (kurkur). In English, kite means a bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.

Persian words for kite

bird of prey of the family Accipitridae
خات xât, غَلیواج ġalivâj, زَغَن zaġan, کورکور kurkur, موشگیر mūšgīr, جول jūl
lightweight toy for flying
بادبادَک bâdbâdak, کاغَذپَران kâġazparân

English meaning of kite

  1. noun A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.
  2. noun Any bird of the subfamily Milvinae, with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring; specifically, the red kite (Milvus milvus) and the black kite (Milvus migrans).
  3. noun A bird of the genus Elanus, having thin pointed wings, that preys on rodents and hunts by hovering; also, any bird of related genera in the subfamily Elaninae.
  4. noun Some species in the subfamily Perninae.

Full definition of kite

kite in a sentence

  • A pair of kites built a nest on the cliff.
  • On windy spring days, we would fly kites.
  • Meronyms: angle, side; see also Thesaurus:polygon

Synonyms of kite

kite in other languages

Questions about kite in Persian

What is the meaning of kite in Persian?
Kite in Persian is خات (xât), غَلیواج (ġalivâj), زَغَن (zaġan), کورکور (kurkur).
معنی kite چیست؟
Kite: خات (xât), غَلیواج (ġalivâj), زَغَن (zaġan), کورکور (kurkur).
What does kite mean in English?
Kite means a bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.

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