kurak

See also: kur'ak and kuřák

Polish

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kuraki

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Etymology

From kur +‎ -ak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.rak/

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• Rhymes: -urak
• Syllabification: ku‧rak

Noun

kurak m animal

1. rooster, especially a young one; cockerel
2. (usually in the plural) galliform
3. (hunting, usually in the plural) phasianid
4. one of several breeds of pigeon

   kurak maltański ― Maltese pigeon

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	kurak	kuraki
genitive	kuraka	kuraków
dative	kurakowi	kurakom
accusative	kuraka	kuraki
instrumental	kurakiem	kurakami
locative	kuraku	kurakach
vocative	kuraku	kuraki

Declension of kurak

Further reading

• kurak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kurak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قوراق (kurak), from Proto-Turkic *kūrïgak (“dry”).^[1] Cognate with Southern Altai кургак (kurgak), Kazakh құрғақ (qūrğaq), etc. Related to kuru.

Adjective

kurak

1. dry, arid

Derived terms

• kuraklık

Related terms

• kuru

Further reading

• “kurak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

References

1. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*kūrï-gak”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill