ördekbaşı

Turkish

An adult male Mallard duck.

Etymology

From ördek (“duck”) +‎ baş (“head”) +‎ -ı (“possessive suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /œɾˈdec.ba.ʃɯ/
• Hyphenation: ör‧dek‧ba‧şı

Noun

ördekbaşı (definite accusative ördekbaşını, uncountable)

1. The color of an adult male Mallard duck's head plumes, a dark blueish-green tone.

   ördekbaşı:  

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	ördekbaşı
Definite accusative	ördekbaşını
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ördekbaşı	—
Definite accusative	ördekbaşını	—
Dative	ördekbaşına	—
Locative	ördekbaşında	—
Ablative	ördekbaşından	—
Genitive	ördekbaşının	—

Adjective

ördekbaşı

1. Having the color of an adult male Mallard duck's head plumes.

See also

• limonküfü
• vişneçürüğü
• yavruağzı

 

Further reading

• “ördekbaşı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ördekbaşı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3707