قیورجق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • قیویرجق (kıvırcık)

Etymology

From قیورمق (kıvırmak, “to curl, coil, twist”).

Noun

قیورجق • (kıvırcık)

  1. curly hair
  2. a breed of sheep with curly fleece
  • قیورلق (kıvrak, “curly”)
  • قیورقلق (kıvrılık, “curliness”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kıvırcık
  • → Armenian: խըվըռճըխ (xəvəṙčəx), կըվըռջըղ (kəvəṙǰəġ)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: kòvrča

References

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