baykuş

owl, any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɑjkuʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: بایقوش

Cognate with Azerbaijani: bayquş

Cognate with Turkmen: baýguş

Cognate with Kazakh: байғыз

Cognate with Persian: بایقوش

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بایقوش (baykuş), from Proto-Turkic *bāykuš (“owl”). Can be analyzed as obsolete bay (“rich”) + kuş (“bird”). Compare also بایقره (baykara, “hawk”). Cognate with Azerbaijani bayquş, Turkmen baýguş (ba:ýguş), Kazakh байғыз (baiğyz), Uzbek boyqush, Persian بایقوش (bâyquš) (a Turkic borrowing).

Concepts

owl

🦉

barn owl

breathalyser

breathalyzer

eagle owl

horned owl

Synonyms

kukumav

puhu

ağırbaşlı kimse

Translations

lechuza

🦉

coruja

🦉

chouette

🦉

Eule

🦉

uil

🦉

mocho

🦉

hibou

🦉

gufo

🦉

κουκουβάγια

òliba

bufo

kund

🦉

sowa

corujão

pepûk