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तीतर tītar, tītari [Prk. ितिƣरो; S. ितिƣिरः], s.m. The partridge, Perdix francolinus;—the guinea-fowl, Numida meleagris (called also vilāyatītītar):—tītar-ke muṅh laćhmī, Prov. 'Good fortune springs from the mouth of the partridge'; great issues often wait on the words of men of little estimation:—ban-tītar, bhaṭ-tītar, bhar-tītar (q.v.), s.m. The sand-grouse or rock-pigeon, Pterocles fasciatus, and P. Exustus:—safaid-tītar, s.m. The grey partridge, Ortygornis pondecerriana:—kālātītar, s.m. The black partridge, Francolinus vulgaris.
Origin: Hindi