بویون بوران

Ottoman Turkish

بویون بوران

Etymology

From بویون (boyun, “neck”) + بوران (buran, “twisting, wrying”).

Noun

بویون بوران • (boyun buran)

wryneck, any small woodpecker of the genus Jynx capable of turning the head almost 180°

Descendants

Turkish: boyunburan

Further reading

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بویون بوران”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 297
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بویون بوران”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 413

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