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Saluki

/səˈɫuki/

Saluki noun: an ancient sighthound breed of dog with a silky coat originating in the Middle East, once sacred to the Egyptians.

saluki: an ancient sighthound breed of dog with a silky coat originating in the Middle East, once sacred to...
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Noun

Saluki (plural Salukis)

  1. An ancient sighthound breed of dog with a silky coat originating in the Middle East, once sacred to the Egyptians.

Saluki meaning in Urdu, Arabic and Malay

Saluki in Urdu

Saluki, a breed of dog
اسپ تازی asp e tāzī

Saluki in Arabic

Saluki breed of dog
سَلُوقِيّ salūqiyy

Saluki in Malay

Saluki breed of dog
Saluki

Synonyms of Saluki

Forms of Saluki

pluralSalukis

Origin of Saluki

From Arabic سَلُوقِيّ (salūqiyy). Doublet of sloughi.

Questions about Saluki

What does Saluki mean?
Saluki means an ancient sighthound breed of dog with a silky coat originating in the Middle East, once sacred to the Egyptians.
What is Saluki in Urdu?
Saluki in Urdu is اسپ تازی (asp e tāzī). See Saluki meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is Saluki?
Saluki is a noun.
How do you pronounce Saluki?
Saluki is pronounced /səˈɫuki/.
What is the plural of Saluki?
The plural of Saluki is Salukis.

Words near Saluki in the dictionary

  1. saluggi
  2. salugi
  3. salugie
  4. salugis
  5. saluing
  6. Saluki
  7. Salukis
  8. Salumbar
  9. salume
  10. salumeria
  11. salumerias

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Saluki (page history and authors); اسپ تازی (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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