keklik

See also: kéklik

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ككلیك (keklik, “partridge”), from Proto-Turkic *keklik (“partridge”).[1] Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (keklik), [script needed] (kekelik), Azerbaijani kəklik, Kazakh кекілік (kekılık) and Salar kegelik.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /cecˈlic/
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Noun

keklik

  1. partridge, any medium-sized gamebird in the genus Perdix
  2. (figurative) chick, bimbo, an attractive and beautiful woman
    Synonyms: fıstık, hatun

Declension

Declension of keklik
singular plural
nominative keklik keklikler
definite accusative kekliği keklikleri
dative kekliğe kekliklere
locative keklikte kekliklerde
ablative keklikten kekliklerden
genitive kekliğin kekliklerin

Derived terms

idiomatic uses of "keklik"
  • keklik gibi sekmek

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972), “keklik”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 710

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