anqut
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Azerbaijani
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Common Turkic *aŋït (“wild duck”). Cognate with Turkish angut, etc. According to Eren, ultimately of onomatopoetic origin[1] and thus possibly related to Azerbaijani anqırmaq (“to yell, bawl, scream, etc.”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]anqut (definite accusative anqutu, plural anqutlar)
- wild duck
- ruddy shelduck
- (figuratively) a long and thin or skinny person, skin and bones
- (figuratively, dialectal) an insatiable or greedy person
- (figuratively, dialectal) simpleton
Declension
[edit]Declension of anqut | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | anqut |
anqutlar | ||||||
definite accusative | anqutu |
anqutları | ||||||
dative | anquta |
anqutlara | ||||||
locative | anqutda |
anqutlarda | ||||||
ablative | anqutdan |
anqutlardan | ||||||
definite genitive | anqutun |
anqutların |
Derived terms
[edit]- anqutboğaz (“longnecked”)
References
[edit]- ^ Eren, Hasan (1999) “angit”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi, page 400b