Where does “سقا قوشی” come from?

سقا قوشی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قوش, from Old Anatolian Turkish قوش, from Common Turkic kuš, from Proto-Turkic kül — ash.

سقا قوشی (Ottoman Turkish): pelican, any of various large seabirds of the family Pelecanidae

Definitions

  1. pelican, any of various large seabirds of the family Pelecanidae

Ancestry of “سقا قوشی”, step by step

سقا قوشی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish قوش

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقوشbird; team of animals, pair, yoke; rump or hock...
2Old Anatolian Turkishقوشbird, any member of the class of animals Aves, characterized by having feathers and wings
3Common Turkickušbird
4Proto-Turkickülash

via Ottoman Turkish سقا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishسقاwater carrier, someone who distributes or supplies water for a living
2Arabicسَقَّاء
Every word from Proto-Turkic külEvery word from Common Turkic kušEvery word from Old Anatolian Turkish قوش
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