قیورجق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

قیویرجق‎ (kıvırcık)

Etymology

From قیورمق‎ (kıvırmak, “to curl, coil, twist”).

Noun

قیورجق • (kıvırcık)

curly hair
a breed of sheep with curly fleece

Related terms

قیورلق‎ (kıvrak, “curly”)
قیورقلق‎ (kıvrılık, “curliness”)

Descendants

Turkish: kıvırcık
→ Armenian: խըվըռճըխ (xəvəṙčəx), կըվըռջըղ (kəvəṙǰəł)
→ Serbo-Croatian: kòvrča

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) , “قیورجق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1511

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