Indigenous knowledge related to Gilaki words of domestic and wild animals in Bibalan village,, Kalachai district, Gilan

Subject Areas : ecology

Ghassem Habibi Bibalani ¹ , Fatemeh Mosazaded SayadMahaleh ²

1 - Department of Natural Resources, Shabestar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shabestar, Iran
2 - 3. Graduate of Persian Literature, Azadegan 4- Shabestar, No. 67, Iran

Received: 2021-04-17 Accepted : 2021-09-11 Published : 2020-11-21

Keywords: bird, animal, Indigenous knowledge, Gilaki, Bibalan, insect,

Abstract :

Indigenous knowledge is a piece of unwritten information between different ethnic groups that is traditionally used in that region. Part of this indigenous knowledge is related to the different uses of tribes in the use of the environment around settlements. A significant part of this surrounding environment can be considered animals and birds. Since the study area is in a rural area and forest edge and with agricultural activities, different uses of domestic and wild animals and birds in it are of special importance. Therefore, in this research, three hundred and eighty seven entries were collected from specialized vocabulary related to animals, birds and hunt with different categories such as Domestic and wild animals, domestic and wild birds and hunting. By registering these specialized words, it can be prevented from being forgotten by the current generation who are not very interested in the dialect of Gilaki as a mother language and even future generations.