Persian · noun · Nature & the Garden

Zaghan

ज़ग़न

said za-GHAN

also written: zaghan, kite

Meaning

The kite; a scavenging bird of prey, a figure for the greedy and rapacious.

Literally: kite

Related words

The crow or raven, a black scavenging bird associated with the base and the lowly.

Vulture — the carrion-bird, foil to the falcon.