A reddish-brown game bird native to Asia, with distinctive black and white face markings, often hunted for sport.
From Hindi चकोर (chakor) or Sanskrit chakora, referring to this partridge-like bird. The English word was borrowed directly from Indian languages where the bird is native.
The chukar's call literally sounds like its name—'chu-kar, chu-kar'—making it one of nature's best examples of onomatopoeia! This is probably why the word sounds the same across multiple languages.
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