kuş
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "kus"
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *kuĺ (“bird”).
Noun
kuş
Declension
Northern Kurdish
Pronunciation
Noun
kuş f
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish قوش (kuş), from Proto-Turkic *kuĺ (“bird”).
Cognate with Tatar кош (qoş), Kazakh құс (qūs), Kyrgyz куш (kuş), Khakas хус (xus), Karachay-Balkar къуш (quş), Uzbek qush, Old Turkic 𐰴𐰆𐰽 (quš, “bird”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kuş (definite accusative kuşu, plural kuşlar)
- (ornithology) bird, fowl
- (euphemistic) penis (mainly childish or humorous)
Declension
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Related terms
- kuşlu
- kuşsuz
- kuşluk (“dawn, breakfast (dialectal)”)
- baykuş
- talih kuşu (“lucky strike, jackpot”)
- (saying) kuş uçmaz kervan geçmez (“desolate, abandoned place”)
- (saying) bir taşla iki kuş vurma (“kill two birds with one stone”)
- kuş uçuşu (“beeline”)
- ( figurative) gecekuşu, gece kuşu (“night owl, and any nocturnal bird”)
Further reading
- “kuş”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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