قاشقجین

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• قاشیقجین (kaşıkcın)

Etymology

From قاشیق (kaşık, “spoon”), after the large bill.

Noun

قاشقجین • (kaşıkcın)

1. northern shoveler duck.

   Synonym: پاتقه

2. pelican

Descendants

• Turkish: kaşıkçın

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قاشیقجین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 928
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قاشقجین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1416