قره قوغو

Ottoman Turkish

قره قوغو

Etymology

Compound of قره (kara, “black”) +‎ قوغو (kuğu, “swan”).

Noun

قره قوغو • (kara kuğu)

1. black swan (Cygnus atratus)

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قره قوغو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 985
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قره قوغو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1492