ördekbaşı
Turkish
An adult male Mallard duck.
Etymology
Compound of ördek (“duck”) + baş (“mold”) + -ı (possessive suffix), literally “duck's head”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /œɾˈdec.ba.ʃɯ/
- Hyphenation: ör‧dek‧ba‧şı
Noun
ördekbaşı (definite accusative ördekbaşını, uncountable)
- The color of an adult male Mallard duck's head plumes, a dark blueish-green tone.
- ördekbaşı:
Declension
| Inflection | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ördekbaşı | |
| Definite accusative | ördekbaşını | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | ördekbaşı | — |
| Definite accusative | ördekbaşını | — |
| Dative | ördekbaşına | — |
| Locative | ördekbaşında | — |
| Ablative | ördekbaşından | — |
| Genitive | ördekbaşının | — |
Adjective
ördekbaşı
- Having the color of an adult male Mallard duck's head plumes.
Related terms
- limonküfü
- vişneçürüğü
- yavruağzı
Further reading
- ördekbaşı in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “ördekbaşı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3707
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