Definitions
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- noun
Afghan hound
Etymologies
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Examples
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Matt suggested I put up this photo of Nate's lurcher Pearl and tazi girl Maty.
More Granddogs 2007
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For those that appreciate such things; granddogs Pearl the lurcher and six- month old Maty, the tazi, with Maty's first hare.
Killer Hounds 2007
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Steve- Is the brindle dog a saluki, a tazi or a cross?
Another Pretty Dog 2007
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I have other Chinese saluki- tazi images, some even older, but not this one.
Chinese Tazi Art 2007
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I just found that our friend Sir Terence Clark does Arabic calligraphy as a pastime, Since he is "dog saluki/ tazi friend", the subject of this piece is not surprising.
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A member of our tazi list writes of a friend near Tehran, in one of the traditional lands of the tazi- saluki: If she goes there or elsewhere to exercise her dogs she still has a problem to go by car, because her property is surrounded by buildings....
The Latest 2007
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The Russians, extending our idiocy, now count those two plus taigan, aboriginal Afghan, tazi, and even a longer- coated tazi variant called Khalag tazi.
Bully Whippets 2007
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The other main term used for the invaders is “Tayi,” a Sanskrit phonetic transcription of the Arabic taiy (plural: tayayah, tayyaye) or the Persian form of it, tazi.
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“Tagzig” (pronounced “tazi” or “tazig”), however, was the Tibetan transliteration of the Sanskrit term tayi, a name used for the non-Indic invaders in the Kalachakra literature.
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The Sanskrit tayi, in turn, is a phonetic transcription of either the Arabic and Aramaic term taiy (plural: tayayah, tayyaye) or the Modern Persian form of it, tazi.
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