kursak
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish قورساق (kursak), which derives from Proto-Turkic *kurgsak (“belly, stomach”).
Noun edit
kursak (definite accusative kursağı, plural kursaklar)
- crop or craw, a pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds
- (in insects and worms) the name of the organs located between the esophagus and the stomach
- the membrane obtained by drying a bird's crop and used for various purposes
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Further reading edit
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kursak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2849
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kursak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük