صیغیرجق

Ottoman Turkish

صیغیرجق

Alternative forms

  • صغرجق‎ (sığırcık)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sïgïrčïk (“starling”); cognate with Azerbaijani sığırçın, Bashkir сыйырсыҡ (sıyırsıq), Chuvash шӑнкӑрч (šănk̬ărč), Kyrgyz чыйырчык (çıyırçık) and Tatar сыерчык (sıyerçıq).

Noun

صیغیرجق • (sığırcık)

  1. starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
    Synonyms: چكركه قوشی‎ (çekirge kuşu), زرزور‎ (zurzur), سار‎ (sar)

Descendants

  • Turkish: sığırcık

Further reading

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