قرتال

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kārt- (falcon, hawk) and cognate with Azerbaijani qartal. According to Nishanyan, this root has evolved from *kara (black).

Noun

قرتال • (kartal)

  1. eagle, any of several birds of prey in the subfamily Aquilinae
    Synonyms: دال (dal), عقاب (ʿukab), قره قوش (kara kuş)

Derived terms

  • قرتال تویی (kartal tüyü, eagle feather)
  • قرتال طاشی (kartal taşı, eaglestone)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kartal
  • Armenian: խառթալ (xaṙtʻal)Constantinople
  • Bulgarian: карта́л (kartál)
  • Northern Kurdish: qertel
  • Romanian: cartal

Proper noun

قرتال • (Kartal)

  1. Kartal (a neighbourhood and district of Istanbul, Turkey)

Descendants

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