Turkish

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Etymology

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From kuş (bird) +‎ baş (head) +‎ (possessive suffix), from Proto-Turkic *kuĺ (bird)[1][2] and Proto-Turkic *baĺč (head).[3][4]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkuʃ.ba.ʃɯ/
  • Hyphenation: kuş‧ba‧şı

Adjective

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kuşbaşı

  1. (for meat etc.) Chopped up in cubes, (literally) in pieces as big as a small bird's head.

Declension

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Noun

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kuşbaşı (definite accusative kuşbaşıyı, uncountable)

  1. Meat chopped up in this way.

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative kuşbaşı
Definite accusative kuşbaşıyı
Singular Plural
Nominative kuşbaşı
Definite accusative kuşbaşıyı
Dative kuşbaşıya
Locative kuşbaşıda
Ablative kuşbaşıdan
Genitive kuşbaşının

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kuĺ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kuş”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  3. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*baĺč”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  4. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “baş”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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