طاوق

Ottoman Turkish

طاوق

Alternative forms

  • طاووق (tavuk)

Etymology

From the older form طاقوق (takuk), from Proto-Turkic *tiakïgu (hen, fowl); cognate with Azerbaijani toyuq, Bashkir тауыҡ (tawıq), Chuvash чӑх (čăh), Kazakh тауық (tauyq), Kyrgyz тоок (took), Tatar тавык (tawıq), Turkmen towuk, Uyghur توخۇ (toxu) and Uzbek tovuq.

Noun

طاوق (tavuk)

  1. hen, an adult female of the species Gallus gallus
    Synonyms: دیكه (dike), ماكیان (makiyan)
  2. (in general) fowl, any bird in the order Galliformes
    Synonym: دجاج (decac)

Coordinate terms

  • جیوجیو (civciv, chick)
  • خروس (horos, rooster, cock)
  • پلیچ (piliç, pullet)

Derived terms

  • طاوقجی (tavukcu, keeper of chickens)
  • طاوقلق (tavukluk, coop, henhouse)
  • طاوقگوتی (tavukgötü, wart)
  • قره طاوق (kara tavuk, blackbird)
  • یابان طاوغی (yaban tavuğu, hazel grouse)

Descendants

  • Turkish: tavuk
  • Armenian: թավուխ (tʿavux)

Further reading

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