kuş
Meaning
- bird, fowl
- (euphemistic) penis (mainly childish or humorous)
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/kuʃ/
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish قوش (kuş), from Proto-Turkic *kuĺ (“bird”). Cognate with Tatar кош (qoş), Kazakh құс (qūs), Kyrgyz куш (kuş), Khakas хус (xus), Karachay-Balkar къуш (quş), Uzbek qush, Old Turkic 𐰴𐰆𐰽 (quš, “bird”).
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