چكركه قوشی
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Compound of چكركه (çekirge, “grasshopper”) + قوش (kuş, “bird”).
Noun
چكركه قوشى • (çekirge kuşu)
- starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Synonyms: 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