خروس

Chagatai

Noun

خروس (ḫorus) (plural خروسلار)

  1. alternative form of خوراز (ḫoraz)

Khalaj

Noun

خُروس (xurôs or xurûos) (definite accusative خُروسوُ, plural خُروسلار)

  1. Arabic spelling of xurôs, xurûos (cock, rooster)

Declension

Declension of خروس
singular plural
nominative خروس خروسلار
genitive خروسؽݧ خروسلارؽݧ
dative خروسقا خروسلارقا
definite accusative خروسؽ خروسلارؽ
locative خروسچا خروسلارچا
ablative خروسدا خروسلاردا
instrumental خروسلا خروسلارلا
equative خروسوارا خروسلاروارا

Laki

Noun

خروس (xrus)

  1. rooster, cock

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خروس (xorôs, rooster, cock).

Noun

خُرُوسْ • (ḫoros, ḫorōs)

  1. (zoology) rooster, cock

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: xoruz
  • Gagauz: horoz
  • Ottoman Turkish: خروس (horoz), خوروس (horos)

Further reading

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • خوروس (horos)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish خُرُوسْ (ḫoros) , from Classical Persian خروس (xorôs, rooster, cock), ultimately from Middle Persian [script needed] (hlws /⁠xrōs⁠/, cock).

Noun

خروس • (horoz) (definite accusative خروسی (horozu), plural خروسلر (horozlar))

  1. rooster, cock, roostcock, chanticleer, an adult male of the species Gallus gallus
    Synonym: دیك (dik)
  2. cock, hammer, a moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun
    Synonym: خروس آیاغی (horoz ayağı)
  3. (zoology) cock, any male bird, especially the leader in a flock of birds when migrating

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

  • امنیت خروسی (emniyet horozu, safety hammer)
  • تفنك خروسی (tüfenk horozu, hammer of a rifle)
  • خروس آیاغی (horoz ayağı, cock of a firearm)
  • خروس اوتمك (horoz ötmek, for a rooster, to crow)
  • خروس ایبكی (horoz ibiği, cock's comb)
  • خروس ایشی (horoz işi, camlet)
  • خروس طاشی (horoz taşı, small stone in a rooster's stomach)
  • خروس عقللو (horoz ʼakıllı, vain, presumptuous)
  • خروس یومورطه‌سی (horoz yumurtası, pullet's egg)
  • خروسباز (horozbaz, cock fighter)
  • خروسجق (horozcuk, cockerel)
  • خروسك (horosek, cockerel)
  • خروسلانمق (horozlanmak, to strut, give one's self airs)
  • خروسچه (horesçe, cockerel)
  • خروسی چوق مجلس (horoz çok meclis, bedlam)
  • طاشلو خروس (taşlı horoz, flint hammer)
  • فتیللی خروس (fitilli horoz, fuse hammer)
  • یابان خروسی (yaban horozu, wild rooster)

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Alternative forms

  • خروچ (xoruč), خروز (xoruz), خرو (xoru), خروه (xoruh), خره (xoroh)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (hlws /⁠xrōs⁠/, cock, literally the caller), from [script needed] (hlwstn' /⁠xrōstan⁠/, to call, to cry).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? xurōs
Dari reading? xurōs
Iranian reading? xorus
Tajik reading? xurüs

Noun

Dari خروس
Iranian Persian
Tajik хурӯс

خروس • (xorus, xorôs)

  1. rooster, cock

Derived terms

  • خروس‌قندی (xorus-qandi)

Descendants

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “xrōs”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 94
  • Nyberg, H. S. (1974) “xrōs”, in A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 219b
  • Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 93a

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خروس (xurōs).

Noun

خروس • (xurūsm

  1. rooster, cock