Where does “bıldırcın kılavuzu” come from?
bıldırcın kılavuzu (Turkish) comes from Turkish bıldırcın, from Ottoman Turkish بلدرجین, from Proto-Turkic *bïldurčïn — quail.
bıldırcın kılavuzu (Turkish): corncrake
Definitions
- corncrake
Ancestry of “bıldırcın kılavuzu”, step by step
bıldırcın kılavuzu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish bıldırcın
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | bıldırcın | quail |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | بلدرجین | quail, any of various small game birds of the genus Coturnix |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *bïldurčïn | quail |