kerkenez

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كركنس‎ (kerkenes), from Byzantine Greek κερχνηίς (kerkhnēís), variant of κέρχνη (kérkhnē).

Noun

kerkenez (definite accusative kerkenezi, plural kerkenezler)

kestrel

Descendants

Greek: κιρκινέζι (kirkinézi)

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911), “كركنس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1021
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kerkenez”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.