قرتال

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kạ̄rt- (“falcon, hawk”) and cognate with Azerbaijani qartal. According to Nishanyan, this root has evolved from *kara (“black”).

قرتال • (kartal)

1. eagle, any of several birds of prey in the subfamily Aquilinae

   Synonyms: دال‎ (dal), عقاب‎ (ʿukab), قره قوش‎ (kara kuş)

• Turkish: kartal
• → Armenian: խառթալ (xaṙtʿal) — Constantinople
• → Northern Kurdish: qertel
• → Romanian: cartal

Kartal district

قرتال • (Kartal)

1. Kartal (a neighbourhood and district in Istanbul province, Turkey)

• Turkish: Kartal

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