ككلیك

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *keklik (“partridge”)[1] and probably related to *kēkir- (“to belch”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (keklik), [script needed] (kekelik), Azerbaijani kəklik, Kazakh кекілік (kekılık) and Salar kegelik.

Noun

ككلیك • (keklik) (definite accusative ككلیكی (kekliği), plural ككلیكلر (keklikler))

  1. partridge, any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris

Derived terms

  • آق ككلیك (ak keklik, “white partridge”)
  • ایری ككلیك (iri keklik, “hazel grouse”)
  • بیوك ككلیك (büyük keklik, “black grouse”)
  • قزل ككلیك (kızıl keklik, “red-legged partridge”)
  • ككلیك اوتی (keklik otu, “marjoram”)
  • ككلیك بالغی (keklik balığı, “rainbow wrasse”)
  • ككلیك نوعی (keklik nevʼi, “pratincole”)
  • ككلیك پالازی (keklik palazı, “partridge chick”)
  • ككلیك چیكدمی (keklik çiğdemi, “gladiolus”)
  • چانطه‌ده ككلیك (çantada keklik, “bird in the hand, sure thing”)
  • چیل ككلیك (çil keklik, “grey partridge”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: keklik
  • → Armenian: քէքլիկ (kʻēkʻlik)

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972), “keklik”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 710

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