طاوق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • طاغوق (tağuk), طاقوق (takuk), طاووق (tavuk)
  • թավուգ (tavuk) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

From the older form طاقوق (takuk), from Proto-Turkic *tiakïgu (“hen, fowl”).

Cognates

Cognate with Azerbaijani toyuq, Bashkir тауыҡ (tawıq), Chuvash чӑх (čăh), Kazakh тауық (tauyq), Kyrgyz тоок (took), Tatar тавык (tawıq), Turkmen towuk, Uyghur توخۇ (toxu) and Uzbek tovuq.

Noun

طاوق • (tavuk) (definite accusative طاوغی (tavuğu), plural طاوقلر (tavuklar))

  1. hen, an adult female of the species Gallus gallus or other gallinaceous bird, often kept for its eggs
    Synonyms: دیكه (dike), ماكیان (makiyan)
  2. fowl, any bird in the order Galliformes, including chickens, turkeys, pheasant, partridges and quail
    Synonyms: دجاج (decac), مرغ (mürg)

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

  • اوفاق طاوق (ufak tavuk, “pullet”)
  • بچ طاوغی (beç tavuğu, “guinea fowl”)
  • تپه‌لو طاوق (tepeli tavuk, “tappit hen, crested hen”)
  • طاغ طاوغی (dağ tavuğu, “hazel-grouse”)
  • طاوق قره‌لوسی (tavuk karalısı, “hemeralopia, day blindness”)
  • طاوق كوتی (tavuk götü, “wart”)
  • طاوق كوكسی (tavuk göğüsü, “chicken breast”)
  • طاوق ماوق (tavuk mavuk, “all species of fowl”)
  • طاوق ییلی (tavuk yılı, “year of the chicken”)
  • طاوقجی (tavukcu, “keeper of chickens”)
  • طاوقلق (tavukluk, “coop, henhouse”)
  • قره طاوق (kara tavuk, “blackbird”)
  • كرزه طاوغی (gürze tavuğu, “a large variety of chickens”)
  • كودوك طاوق (güdük tavuk, “short-tailed hen”)
  • مصر طاوغی (mısır tavuğu, “turkey”)
  • هند طاوغی (hind tavuğu, “turkey”)
  • چاقشرلو طاوق (çakşırlı tavuk, “rough-legged hen”)
  • چین طاوغی (çin tavuğu, “bantam”)
  • یابان طاوغی (yaban tavuğu, “hazel grouse”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: tavuk
  • → Armenian: թավուխ (tʻavux)

Further reading

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