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Sloughi, Slughi, Saluki, Saluqi - from the First of all there is the Saluki Shami from
Arabic word for greyhound ... or from the Syria, the Saluki Yamani from Yemen, the
Greyhound breed ? Saluki Omani from Oman, the Saluki Nejdi
from Central Arabia, the Tazi from Persia,
In everyday language we speak of the the Tazi from Turkey, the Afghan Tazi, the
"greyhound" all the time. The Englishman Kyrgyz Tazi, the Taigan...
speaks of the greyhound, the Italian of the
levriero, the Frenchman of the lévrier, the Stop! We have already made a mistake!
Spaniard of the galgo and the Germans of How was it with the breed name Saluki? So
the Windhund. This does not mean the we have recognized the four origin types
specific breed standards, but only the designated as Saluki, but the Turkish,
respective linguistic generic term for those Persian and other Tazi are there with it,
types of dogs that we - in German - call because Tazi describes a sighthound, but in
"Windhunde". Persian language.
For example, the English speak of a Oh yes, and then there is the Sloughi ... or
greyhound, even if it is a Deerhound, Slughi? There is also this French spelling,
Borzoi, Afghan, Saluki or Sloughi. The the "Sloughi", for the Arabic word "Slughi"
French as expected speak generally of the [1]. Anyway, here also the spelling means
lévrier, regardless of whether it is Sloughi, the breed.
Azawakh, Afghan or Saluki. This speech
habit is also taken over by the respective Let us bear in mind what "arabized" means:
former colonies in which English, Arabic or take over of language and writing, adopting
French is spoken. the religion of Islam. Otherwise there is a
continuity of the peoples' culture, some
So to Arabic speaking peoples the "Saluki" Berber tribes hardly speak Arabic, only
in ordinary language use is simply the their Berber language.
"greyhound". The various Arab spellings
that the arabized, Islamic nations use alike Who should understand? There are very
describe however various races, sometimes different types of Salukis, small, large,
even very different races, or should we say: sometimes more, sometimes less feathered,
types of sighthounds. sometimes smooth-coated. A wild mix.
