Where does “قار قوشی” come from?

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

قار قوشی (Ottoman Turkish): snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)

Definitions

  1. snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)

Ancestry of “قار قوشی”, step by step

قار 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 قار

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقارsnow
2Proto-Turkickārsnow
3Proto-Iraniankarahfold, of time (during which an action or event happens)
Every word from Proto-Turkic kül →Every word from Common Turkic kuš →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish قوش →