kursak
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish قورساق (kursak), which derives from Proto-Turkic *kurgsak (“belly, stomach”).
Noun
[edit]kursak (definite accusative kursağı, plural kursaklar)
- crop or craw, a pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds
- (in insects and worms) the name of the organs located between the esophagus and the stomach
- the membrane obtained by drying a bird's crop and used for various purposes
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kursak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2849
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kursak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük