دوه قوشی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Compound of دوه (deve, “camel”) +‎ قوش (kuş, “bird”).

Noun

دوه قوشى • (deve kuşu)

  1. ostrich (Struthio camelus)

Descendants
  • Turkish: deve kuşu
  • → Armenian: տէվէ խուշի (tēvē xuši)

Further reading
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دوه قوشی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 593
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “دوه قوشی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, columns 2195–2196
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دوه قوشی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 929
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