قاشقجین
Ottoman Turkish
editAlternative forms
edit- قاشیقجین (kaşıkcın)
Etymology
editFrom قاشیق (kaşık, “spoon”), after the large bill.
Noun
editقاشقجین • (kaşıkcın)
- northern shoveler duck.
- Synonym: پاتقه
- pelican
Descendants
edit- Turkish: kaşıkçın
References
edit- 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