karabatak

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قره باتاق (kara batak, “cormorant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾabaˈtak/
• Rhymes: -ak

Noun

karabatak m (archaic)

1. grebe, dabchick

   Synonyms: zhytës, kredharak

Related terms

• kara

References

• Meyer, G. (1891) “kará”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 176f.
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “*karabatak”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 250

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قره باتاق (kara batak). By surface analysis, kara (“black”) +‎ batak (“swamp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɾa.ba.tak/
• Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧ba‧tak

Noun

karabatak (definite accusative karabatağı, plural karabataklar)

1. (zoology) cormorant (bird of the genus Phalacrocorax)
2. (colloquial) someone who does not repay their debts

Declension

Declension of karabatak

	singular	plural
nominative	karabatak	karabataklar
definite accusative	karabatağı	karabatakları
dative	karabatağa	karabataklara
locative	karabatakta	karabataklarda
ablative	karabataktan	karabataklardan
genitive	karabatağın	karabatakların

Derived terms

• karabatak gibi

Further reading

• “karabatak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “karabatak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2413b
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “karabatak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “karabatak”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı