اردك

Karakhanid

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Common Turkic *ȫrdek. Cognate with Turkish ördek.

Noun

اُرْدَكْ (ördek)

  1. duck
    قازْ قُبْسا اُرْدَكْ كُولِكْ اِكانُورْQāz qopsā ördek kȫlig igēnǖr.When the goose flies off, the duck takes possession of the lake.

References

  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ördek”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 205

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