دوه قوشی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Compound of دوه (deve, “camel”) +‎ قوش (kuş, “bird”).

Noun

دوه قوشى • (deve kuşu)

1. ostrich (Struthio camelus)

Descendants

• Turkish: deve kuşu
• → Armenian: տէվէ խուշի (tēvē xuši)

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دوه قوشی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 593
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “دوه قوشی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[2], Vienna, columns 2195–2196
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دوه قوشی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 929