Where does “شیطان قوشی” come from?

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

شیطان قوشی (Ottoman Turkish): horseshoe bat, any bat of the genus Rhinolophus, characterized by a horseshoe-shaped protuberance on the nose

Definitions

  1. horseshoe bat, any bat of the genus Rhinolophus, characterized by a horseshoe-shaped protuberance on the nose

Ancestry of “شیطان قوشی”, step by step

شیطان 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 شیطان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishشیطانdevilish, cunning, mischievous; devil
2Old Anatolian Turkishشیطان—
3ArabicشَيْطَانShaitan, Satan; Satan, devil; satan, devil
4Arabicشَيَّطَto singe; to scorch
Every word from Proto-Turkic kül →Every word from Common Turkic kuš →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish قوش →