Persian

Noun

بوقلمون • ‎(buqalamun) ‎(plural بوقلمون‌ها ‎(buqalamun-hâ))

1. (archaic) many-coloured damask
2. turkey (bird)
3. chameleon (reptile)
4. (pejorative) chameleon, opportunist, flip-flopper (US)

Synonyms

• (turkey): فیل‌مرغ ‎(fil-morq)
• (chameleon): آفتاب‌پرست ‎(âftâb-parast)

Adjective

بوقلمون • ‎(buqalamun)

1. variegated
2. multi-coloured
3. multifarious
4. protean
5. changeable

Quotations

• Circa 1258 CE, Sa'di, Gulistan (the Rose Garden), Project Gutenberg,

  .باد در سایه درختانش گسترانید فرش بوقلمون

  The wind had in the shade of its trees Spread out a bed of all kinds of flowers.