erkeç
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish اركج (erkec, “billy goat”), possibly a blend of erkek (“male”) + keçi (“goat”).
Noun
editerkeç (definite accusative erkeci, plural erkeçler)
- billy goat, buck, an adult male of the species Capra hircus
- Synonym: teke
Declension
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editFurther reading
edit- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “erkeç”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1470
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “erkeç”, in Nişanyan Sözlük