صیغیرجق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • صغرجق (sığırcık)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sïgïrčïk (starling); cognate with Azerbaijani sığırçın, Bashkir сыйырсыҡ (sıyırsıq), Chuvash шӑнкӑрч (šănk̬ărč), Kyrgyz чыйырчык (cıyırcık) and Tatar сыерчык (sıyerçıq).

Noun

صیغیرجق • (sığırcık)

  1. starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
    Synonyms: چكركه قوشی (çekirge kuşu), زرزور (zurzur), سار (sar)

Descendants

  • Turkish: sığırcık

Further reading

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