karınca

Meaning

ant, any of various insects in the family Formicidae, typically living in colonies

Concepts

ant

🐜

pismire

emmet

methanoic

Translations

fourmi

🐜

Ameise

🐜

formica

🐜

formiga

🐜

hormiga

🐜

mier

🐜

formiga

🐜

formica

🐜

μυρμήγκι

formiga

μυρμήκι

نملة

🐜

نمل

mûrî

🐜

Pronounced as (IPA)

[kɑˈɾɯndʒɑ]

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: قرنجه

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قرنجه (karınca), from Old Anatolian Turkish قرنجه (qarınca), from Early Old Oghuz قَرِنْجَقْ (karınçak), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *karïnčga (“ant”).
Cognates
Cognate with Azerbaijani qarınca, Chagatai [script needed] (karınçga), Gagauz karımca, Khakas харчых (xarçıx) and Turkmen garynja.