kırlangıç

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قرلانغیج (kırlangıc), from Common Turkic *karlïgač (“swallow”), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *k(i)ar- (“swallow”).

Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (qarlïğač, “swallow”); Kazakh қарлығаш (qarlyğaş, “swallow”), Kyrgyz кардыгач (kardıgac, “swift (bird)”), Shor қарлығаш (“swallow”), Crimean Tatar qarılğaç, Uzbek qaldirg'och, Uyghur قالغاچ (qalghach).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɯɾ.ɫɑn.ɡɯtʃ/

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Noun

kırlangıç (definite accusative kırlangıcı, plural kırlangıçlar)

1. swallow (bird)
2. martin (bird)

Declension

Declension of kırlangıç

	singular	plural
nominative	kırlangıç	kırlangıçlar
definite accusative	kırlangıcı	kırlangıçları
dative	kırlangıca	kırlangıçlara
locative	kırlangıçta	kırlangıçlarda
ablative	kırlangıçtan	kırlangıçlardan
genitive	kırlangıcın	kırlangıçların

See also

• kır kırlangıcı

Further reading

• “kırlangıç”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kırlangıç”, in Nişanyan Sözlük