Arabic · noun · Nature & the Garden

Faaqta

फ़ाख़ता

said FAAQ-taa

also written: faqta, fakhta, dove

Meaning

The dove or ring-dove; a variant spelling of fakhta, the cooing bird of plaintive love.

Literally: ring dove

Related words

The collared or ring dove; its plaintive call echoes the nightingale's note of separation.

The turtle-dove or ring-dove, a garden bird whose cooing is read as a cry of love and longing.