یلدز قوردی

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

Compound of یلدز (yılduz, “star”) +‎ قورت (qurt, “worm”).

Noun

یلدز قوردی • (yılduz qurdı)

  1. firefly, glowworm, any bioluminescent beetle of the family Lampyridae

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: یلدز قوردی (yıldız kurdu)
    • Turkish: yıldız kurdu

Further reading

  • Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “yılduz kurdı”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish یلدز قوردی (yılduz qurdı). By surface analysis, یلدز (yıldız, “star”) +‎ قورت (kurt, “worm”).

Noun

یلدز قوردی • (yıldız kurdu)

  1. synonym of آتش بوجكی (ateş böceği, “firefly”)

Descendants

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