بویون بوران

Ottoman Turkish

بویون بوران

Etymology

From بویون (boyun, “neck”) + بوران (buran, “twisting, wrying”).

Noun

بویون بوران • (boyun buran)

1. wryneck, any small woodpecker of the genus Jynx capable of turning the head almost 180°

Descendants

• Turkish: boyunburan

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بویون بوران”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 297
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بویون بوران”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 413