طویغار

Ottoman Turkish

طویغار

Alternative forms

  • طورغای (torgay) non-standard by the late 19th century
  • تویغار (toygar) earlier alternative spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *torgay (small bird; lark); cognate with Azerbaijani torağay, Bashkir турғай (turğay), Kazakh торғай (torğai), Kyrgyz торгой (torgoy), Tatar тургай (turgay), Turkmen torğaý, Uyghur تورغاي (torghay) and Uzbek toʻrgʻay.

Noun

طویغار • (toygar)

  1. lark, any of several birds of the family Alaudidae
    Synonyms: تارلا قوشی (tarla kuşu), چایر قوشی (çayır kuşu)

Derived terms

  • تپه‌لو طویغار (tepeli toygar, horned lark)

Descendants

  • Turkish: toygar

Further reading

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