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kurak

See also: kur'ak and kuřák

Polish edit

 
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Etymology edit

From kur +‎ -ak.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈku.rak/
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  • Rhymes: -urak
  • Syllabification: ku‧rak

Noun edit

kurak m animal

  1. rooster, especially a young one; cockerel
  2. (usually in the plural) galliform
  3. (hunting, usually in the plural) phasianid
  4. one of several breeds of pigeon
    kurak maltański ― Maltese pigeon

Declension edit

Declension of kurak
singular plural
nominative kurak kuraki
genitive kuraka kuraków
dative kurakowi kurakom
accusative kuraka kuraki
instrumental kurakiem kurakami
locative kuraku kurakach
vocative kuraku kuraki

Further reading edit

  • kurak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kurak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish قوراق (kurak), from Proto-Turkic *kūrïgak (“dry”).[1] Cognate with Southern Altai кургак (kurgak), Kazakh құрғақ (qūrğaq), etc. Related to kuru.

Adjective edit

kurak

  1. dry, arid

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

  • “kurak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

References edit

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*kūrï-gak”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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