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Where does “kuyruk” come from?

kuyruk (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قویروق, from Proto-Turkic kudruk — tail.

kuyruk (Turkish): tail; queue

Definitions

  1. tail; queue

Ancestry of “kuyruk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقویروقtail, queue
2Proto-Turkickudruktail

Words derived from “kuyruk”

  • kuyruklu
  • kuyruksuz
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