چكركه قوشی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Compound of چكركه (çekirge, “grasshopper”) +‎ قوش (kuş, “bird”).

Noun

چكركه قوشى • (çekirge kuşu)

1. starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

   Synonyms: زرزور (zurzur), سار (sar), صیغیرجق (sığırcık)

Descendants

• Turkish: çekirge kuşu

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çekirge kuşu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 917
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چكركه قوشی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 472
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چكركه قوشی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 725