Ottoman Turkish edit

 
قویروق

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kudruk (tail); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰴𐰆𐰑𐰺𐰆𐰸 (qudruq), Azerbaijani quyruq, Bashkir ҡойроҡ (qoyroq), Chuvash хӳре (hüre), Kazakh құйрық (qūiryq), Kyrgyz куйрук (kuyruk), Turkmen guýruk, Uyghur قۇيرۇق (quyruq) and Uzbek quyruq.

Noun edit

قویروق (kuyruk)

  1. tail, the appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior
    Synonyms: دم (dum), دمبال (dumbal), ذنب (zeneb)
  2. (by extension) object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape
  3. queue, a line of people, vehicles or other objects

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: kuyruk
  • Armenian: խույրուխ (xuyrux)

Further reading edit