токачка

Bulgarian

Обикновена токачка

Etymology

From an outdated тока́ч (tokáč, “propeller, runner”) +‎ -ка (-ka), from Proto-Slavic *tokati (“to propel, to plunge (fluid)”). The name may refer to the repand dot-pattern of their plumage or to their preferred locomotion being running rather than flying. Compare *kurъ (“cock”).

The bird was introduced in Bulgaria during Ottoman times (along with turkeys) and formerly had been called миси́рка (misírka) (literally: Egyptian bird).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [toˈkat͡ʃkɐ]

Noun

тока́чка • (tokáčka) f

1. guineafowl (bird of genus Numida)

Declension

Declension of ку́рка

	singular	plural
indefinite	ку́рка kúrka	ку́рки kúrki
definite	ку́рката kúrkata	ку́рките kúrkite
vocative form	ку́рке kúrke	ку́рки kúrki

Related terms

• те́ка (téka, “to flow”), ти́чам (tíčam, “to run”)
• ток (tok, “current”)

References

• “токачка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “токачка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010