kurak

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See also: kur'ak and kuřák

Polish

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Etymology

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From kur +‎ -ak.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈku.rak/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -urak
  • Syllabification: ku‧rak

Noun

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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

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

Further reading

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

Turkish

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Etymology

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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

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kurak

  1. dry, arid

Derived terms

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Further reading

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

References

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  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
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