kalkun

Danish

Etymology

the word is borrowed from german and is a contraction of 'calcutta hen'

Noun

kalkun c (singular definite kalkunen, plural indefinite kalkuner)

1. turkey (bird)

Inflection

Declension of kalkun

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kalkun	kalkunen	kalkuner	kalkunerne
genitive	kalkuns	kalkunens	kalkuners	kalkunernes

Estonian

Etymology

From Middle Low German kalkun.

Noun

kalkun (genitive kalkuni, partitive kalkunit)

1. turkey (bird)
2. turkey (meat of this bird)

Declension

Declension of kalkun (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kalkun	kalkunid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kalkuni
genitive			kalkunite
partitive		kalkunit	kalkuneid
illative		kalkunisse	kalkunitesse kalkuneisse
inessive		kalkunis	kalkunites kalkuneis
elative		kalkunist	kalkunitest kalkuneist
allative		kalkunile	kalkunitele kalkuneile
adessive		kalkunil	kalkunitel kalkuneil
ablative		kalkunilt	kalkunitelt kalkuneilt
translative		kalkuniks	kalkuniteks kalkuneiks
terminative		kalkunini	kalkuniteni
essive		kalkunina	kalkunitena
abessive		kalkunita	kalkuniteta
comitative		kalkuniga	kalkunitega

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰal̥ˈkʰuːn/

Noun

kalkun f (genitive singular kalkunar, plural kalkunir)

1. turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

Declension

Declension of kalkun
f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kalkun	kalkunin	kalkunir	kalkunirnar
accusative	kalkun	kalkunina	kalkunir	kalkunirnar
dative	kalkun	kalkunini	kalkunum	kalkununum
genitive	kalkunar	kalkunarinnar	kalkuna	kalkunanna

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch kalkoen (“turkey”), older Calcoensche haan (modern kalkoense haan), from Calcoen, the then-used name for the Indian city Calicut, modern Kozhikode.

Noun

kalkun (first-person possessive kalkunku, second-person possessive kalkunmu, third-person possessive kalkunnya)

1. turkey (bird) (Meleagris gallopavo)

   Synonyms: ayam belanda, ayam kalkun

Further reading

• “kalkun” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Dutch kalkoen.

Noun

kalkun m (definite singular kalkunen, indefinite plural kalkuner, definite plural kalkunene)

1. a turkey (large bird)

References

• “kalkun” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Dutch kalkoen.

Noun

kalkun m (definite singular kalkunen, indefinite plural kalkunar, definite plural kalkunane)

1. a turkey (large bird)

References

• “kalkun” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.