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WIKTIONARY yarak, n. (falconry) A super-alert state where a bird is hungry, but not weak, and ready to hunt.<br>
1 point because I saw some raptors last weekend. (Fran)<br>
2 points. I'm out of reasons to not vote for this one, so two points. (Elliott)<br>
I know that falconry has words like this, and suspect that it probably has one for specifically this, but "yarak" doesn't feel likely. All the words in falconry come from Latin and the Germanic predecessors. This feels more Oriental. (Hutch)<br>
</blockquote><div><br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">Maybe the word really is from Mongolia, where they hunt with eagles? Lovely photos on the BBC about this not too long ago: <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26969150">http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26969150</a><br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">Also am reminded of _The_Sword_in_The_Stone_ (TH WHite's novel, not the Disney movie) -- don't think I saw the word there though, when Wart is working with Cully... Hm. <br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">**too lazy to go actually look up where it came from**<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">Kir<br></div></div></div></div></div>