قوقومار

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek κουκουβάγια (koukouvágia)

Noun

قوقومار • (kukumav)

little owl (species of owl)

Descendants

Turkish: kukumav
→ Ubykh: кәыкәм'ав' (kʷʼəkʷʼṃaṿ)

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911), “قوقومار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 986
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قوقومار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1491
Tietze, Andreas (1955), “Griechische Lehnwörter im anatolischen Türkisch”, in Oriens (in German), volume 8, issue 2, →DOI, § 147, page 227

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