piliç

See also: pilić

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پلیچ (piliç, “pullet”), from Byzantine Greek [Term?] (modern Greek πουλίτσα (poulítsa)), from Ancient Greek πῶλος (pôlos).

Noun

piliç (definite accusative pilici, plural piliçler)

1. chicken

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	piliç
Definite accusative	pilici
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	piliç	piliçler
Definite accusative	pilici	piliçleri
Dative	pilice	piliçlere
Locative	piliçte	piliçlerde
Ablative	piliçten	piliçlerden
Genitive	pilicin	piliçlerin

See also

• civciv (“chick”)
• horoz (“rooster, cock”)
• tavuk (“hen”)

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “پلیچ”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 324
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “piliç”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پلچ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 452