ككلیك

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

ككلك (keklik)

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))

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”)
چیل ككلیك (çil keklik, “grey partridge”)

Descendants

Turkish: keklik
→ Armenian: քէքլիկ (kʻēkʻlik)

References

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

Abikean, Mihran (1888) “ككلیك”, in Erekʻlezuean əndarjak baṙaran tačkerēn hayerēn gaġġierēn [A Comprehensive Trilingual Ottoman–Armenian–French Dictionary]‎^[1], Constantinople: N. K. Pērpērean Press, page 839a
Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “ككلیك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 636
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “keklik”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2526
Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “ككلك”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[2], Vienna: F. Beck, page 393a
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ككلیك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[3], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1032
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Perdix”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[4], Vienna, column 1271
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “ككلك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[5], Vienna, column 3987
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “keklik”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ككلك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1558

[1] Clauson, Gerard (1972) “keklik”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 710

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