kursak

Meaning

1. crop or craw, a pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds
2. the name of the organs located between the esophagus and the stomach
3. the membrane obtained by drying a bird's crop and used for various purposes

Concepts

craw

crop

sweetbread

ventriculus

gastric mill

gigerium

Synonyms

mide

taşlık

Translations

Kropf

jabot

poche

gozzo

Muskelmagen

Kehlsack

gésier

ventriglio

berkurk

berzik

dengik

geprûg

pezîzank

sildank

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: قورساق

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish قورساق (kursak), which derives from Proto-Turkic *kurgsak (“belly, stomach”).