Basque edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Diminutive of zori (luck), from Proto-Basque *zori (compare txolarre (sparrow)).[1] Similar sense development in Catalan au (bird), auçe (luck, fortune).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃoɾi/ [t͡ʃo.ɾi]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -oɾi
  • Hyphenation: txo‧ri

Noun edit

txori anim

  1. bird
    • 1957, Joxean Artze, Txoria txori:
      Bainan, honela / ez zen gehiago txoria izango
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ zori” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading edit

  • "txori" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • txori” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus