sığırcık

Turkish

sığırcık

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish صیغیرجق‎ (sığırcık), from Proto-Turkic *sïgïrčïk (“starling”). Cognate with Azerbaijani sığırçın (“starling”), Kyrgyz чыйырчык (cıyırcık, “starling”), Bashkir сыйырсыҡ (sıyırsıq, “starling”), Tatar сыерчык (sıyerçıq, “grouse”), Chuvash шӑнкӑрч (šănk̬ărč, “starling”).

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Noun

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starling (bird)

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “sığırcık”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “صیغیرجق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1200

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