kuş

From Proto-Turkic *kuš (“bird”).

kuş

1. bird
2. (slang) penis

• cuș (pre-1950's spelling)

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish قوش (quş), from Proto-Common Turkic *kuš. Compare Turkish kuş, Azerbaijani quş.

• IPA^(key): /kuʃ/

kuş (definite accusative kuşu, plural kuşlar)

1. bird

   evdä kuş bakêr ― he keeps birds at home

• Ciachir, Mihail (1938) “cuș”, in Dicționar gagauzo (tiurco)–român pentru gagauzii din Basarabia (in Romanian), Chișinău, page 308
• Mavrodi M. F., editor (2019), “kuş”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 1-4, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 53
• Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), “kuş”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 108
• N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “куш”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, pages 300-301
• Çebotar, Petri, Dron, Ion (2002) “kuş”, in Gagauzça-Rusça-Romınca Sözlük [Gagauz-Russian-Romanian Dictionary], Chișinău: Pontos Press, →ISBN, page 434
• Baboglu, N. İ., Baboglu, İ. İ. (1993) “куш”, in Gagauzça-Rusça hem Rusça Gagauzça Şkola Sözlüü [Gagauz-Russian and Russian-Gagauz School Dictionary], Chișinău: Vivat, →ISBN, page 53

• IPA^(key): /kʊʃ/

kuş f

1. fart

From Ottoman Turkish قوش (kuş), from Old Anatolian Turkish قوش (quş), from Proto-Common Turkic *kuš (“bird”).

Cognate with Tatar кош (qoş), Kazakh құс (qūs), Kyrgyz куш (kuş), Khakas хус (xus), Karachay-Balkar къуш (quş), Uzbek qush, Old Turkic 𐰴𐰆𐰽 (quš, “bird”).

• IPA^(key): /kuʃ/

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kuş (definite accusative kuşu, plural kuşlar)

1. (ornithology) bird, fowl
2. A triangular piece of fabric added to the underarm area of the body to allow for easy movement in dresses.
3. (euphemistic) penis (mainly childish or humorous)
4. the hairless area on the rump of aging horses
5. (figurative) a newbie soldier
6. (Denizli, Ankara, Adana) kite

   Synonym: uçurtma

7. (Sinop, Samsun, Sivas, Niğde, Çorum) pulleys that move theheddle up and down in a weaving device.
8. (Kırşehir, Nevşehir) small peg-shaped protrusions that fit into the hinge bed of hingeless doors.
9. (Kastamonu) the piece placed on the back of the underwear to prevent the crotch from being narrow.
10. (Kütahya, Konya) corn

    Synonym: mısır

11. (Kars) mind

    Synonym: akıl

12. (Kars) turkey (bird)

    Synonym: hindi

• “kuş”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “kuş”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kuş”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Eren, Hasan (1999) “kuş”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language]‎^[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi