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курка

/[ˈkurkɐ]/
Bulgariannoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    obsoletewild hen (non-domestic bird of genus Gallus or more generally of order Galliformes)
  2. 2.
    dialectalturkey hen

Synonyms & related words

Synonyms
  • пу́йка
Related words (2)
  • ку́рица
  • ку́рва

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kurъka; equivalent to кур (kur, “rooster”) (obsolescent) + -ка (-ka). Cognate with Macedonian ќурка (ḱurka, “turkey”), Serbo-Croatian ħу̏рка (“turkey”). Further loaned into Romanian curcă (“turkey hen”).

Forms

  • ку́ркаcanonical • feminine
  • kúrkaromanization
  • ку́ркаindefinite • singular
  • ку́ркиindefinite • plural
  • ку́ркатаdefinite • singular
  • ку́ркитеdefinite • plural
  • чу́ркаalternative
Vocative
Singular
ку́рке
Plural
ку́рки

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