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токачка

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Etymology

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From an outdated тока́ч (tokáč, propeller, runner) +‎ -ка (-ka), from Proto-Slavic *tokati (to propel, to plunge (fluid)). The name may refer to the repand dot-pattern of their plumage or to their preferred locomotion being running rather than flying. Compare *kurъ (cock).

The bird was introduced in Bulgaria during Ottoman times (along with turkeys) and formerly had been called миси́рка (misírka) (literally: Egyptian bird).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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тока́чка (tokáčkaf

  1. guineafowl (bird of genus Numida)

Declension

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References

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  • токачка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • токачка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010