horoz

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish خُرُوسْ (ḫorūz), from Persian خروس (xorus).;^[1][2] compare Turkish horoz, Azerbaijani xoruz.

• IPA^(key): /hoˈroz/
• Hyphenation: ho‧roz

horoz (definite accusative horozu, plural horozlar)

1. (zoology) rooster, cock

   horoz ötmesi

   rooster singing

• N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “хороз”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, pages 520-521

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خروس (horoz, horos), from Persian خروس (xorus).

• IPA^(key): /xôroːz/
• Hyphenation: ho‧roz

hȍrōz m anim (Cyrillic spelling хо̏ро̄з)

1. (regional, Bosnia) rooster, cock

   Synonym: pijetao

2. (regional) trigger

   Synonym: okidač

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish خروس (horoz, horos), from Persian خروس (xorus).

• IPA^(key): /ho.ˈɾoz/
• Hyphenation: ho‧roz

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horoz (definite accusative horozu, plural horozlar)

1. rooster, cock, chanticleer, an adult male of the species Gallus gallus
2. (firearms) cock, hammer, the moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun
3. (figurative) bully, a man who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others

• “horoz”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “horoz”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “horoz”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 2, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1986
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “horoz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük