خروس

Laki

Noun

خروس (xrus)

  1. rooster, cock

Ottoman Turkish

خروس

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian خروس (xorus, rooster, cock).

Noun

خروس (horos)

  1. rooster, cock, an adult male of the species Gallus gallus
    Synonym: دیك (dik)
  2. (zoology) leader of a flock of birds during migrations

Coordinate terms

  • جیوجیو (civciv, chick)
  • طاوق (tavuk, hen)
  • پلیچ (piliç, pullet)

Derived terms

  • خروس آیاغی (horos ayağı, cock of a firearm)
  • خروس ایبیكی (horos ibiği, cock's comb)
  • خروس طاشی (horos taşı, small stone in a rooster's stomach)
  • خروسباز (horosbaz, cock fighter)
  • خروسجق (horoscuk, cockerel)
  • خروسك (horosek, cockerel)
  • خروسلانمق (horoslanmak, to strut, give one's self airs)

Descendants

  • Turkish: horoz
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: хо̏ро̄з
    Latin script: hȍrōz

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (hlws /xrōs/, cock, literally the caller), from [script needed] (hlwstn' /xrōstan/, to call, to cry).

Pronunciation

Noun

Dari خروس
Iranian Persian
Tajik хурус (xurus)

خروس (xorus, xorôs)

  1. rooster, cock

Derived terms

  • خروس‌قندی (xorus-qandi)

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: xoruz
  • Crimean Tatar: qoraz, horaz
  • Gagauz: хороз
  • Karaim: хороз
  • Karachay-Balkar: къораз (qoraz), хораз (xoraz)
  • Kazakh: қораз (qoraz)
  • → Kipchak:
    Armeno-Kipchak: խորոզ (χoroz), խորուզ (χoruz), խորսուղ (χorsuγ)
    Cuman: ghorox
    Mamluk-Kipchak: [Arabic needed] (ḫoroz)
  • Kyrgyz: короз (koroz)
  • Ottoman Turkish: خروس (ḫoroz), خوروس (ḫoroz)
  • Turkmen: horaz
  • Urdu: خروس (xurūs)
  • Urum: хороз
  • Uyghur: خوراز (xoraz)
  • Uzbek: xo'roz

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “xrōs”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 94
  • Nyberg, H. S. (1974), “xrōs”, in A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 219b
  • Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 93a

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian خروس (xorus).

Noun

خروس (xurūs) m

  1. rooster, cock
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