kurt

Meaning

1. A wolf; Canis lupus or any of several related canines resembling in appearance, especially those of the genus Canis.
2. larva, maggot.
3. (figuratively) Someone who is very experienced about something or some place; a veteran, old hand.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kuɾt/

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قورت (kurt), from Proto-Turkic *kūrt. Compare Azerbaijani qurd, Kazakh құрт (qūrt), Uyghur قۇرت (qurt), Old Turkic [script needed] (kurt).

Sentences

Ardında yüz köpek havlamayan kurt , kurt sayılmaz .

A wolf without a hundred dogs barking behind it is not a wolf.