یل قوغان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From یل (yel, “wind”) + قوغان (koğan, “pursuing, chasing”).

Noun

یل قوغان • (yel koğan)

  1. shearwater, haglet, any of the long-winged, pelagic seabirds of the genus Puffinus
  2. minute hand, big hand, the hand of a clock or watch face that indicates the minutes
  3. weathercock, weather vane, a rotating device which shows the direction of the wind

Descendants

  • Turkish: yelkovan
  • → Armenian: ել խովան (el xovan), ելկավան (elkavan)
  • → Romanian: ielcovan

Further reading

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