See also: ќурка

Bulgarian

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Сива (дива) курка

Etymology

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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).

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkurkɐ]
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Noun

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ку́рка (kúrkaf

  1. (obsolescent) wild hen (non-domestic bird of genus Gallus or more generally of order Galliformes)
  2. (dialectal) turkey hen
    Synonym: пу́йка (pújka)

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References

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  • курка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Russian

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курка́ (kurkám inan

  1. genitive singular of куро́к (kurók)

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *kura +‎ -ка (-ka).

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ку́рка (kúrkaf animal (genitive ку́рки, nominative plural курки́, genitive plural куро́к, relational adjective ку́рячий)

  1. chicken

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