From *körkä (“turkey”), perhaps related to Proto-Turkic *körtük (“woodcock; turkey; blackcock”).
Cognate with Bashkir күркә (kürkə, “turkey”), Tatar күркә (kürkä, “turkey”), Uzbek kurka (“turkey”), Uyghur كۈركە (kürke, “turkey”), etc.
күркетауық • (kürketauyq)