sloughi

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sloughi

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Borrowed from French sloughi, from dialectal Arabic سْلُوڭِي (slūgī, “greyhound”), from Arabic سَلُوقِيّ (salūqiyy, “greyhound”). Doublet of Saluki.

noun sloughis

An ancient breed of domesticated dog, specifically a member of the sighthound family.
Similar: Arabian Greyhound

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@misc{sloughi_2026,
  title = {sloughi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sloughi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}