چكركه قوشی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Compound of چكركه (çekirge, “grasshopper”) +‎ قوش (kuş, “bird”).

Noun

چكركه قوشى • (çekirge kuşu)

starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Synonyms: زرزور (zurzur), سار (sar), صیغیرجق (sığırcık)

Descendants

Turkish: çekirge kuşu

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çekirge kuşu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 917
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چكركه قوشی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 472
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چكركه قوشی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 725

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