قره قوغو

Ottoman Turkish

قره قوغو

Etymology

Compound of قره (kara, “black”) +‎ قوغو (kuğu, “swan”).

Noun

قره قوغو • (kara kuğu)

black swan (Cygnus atratus)

Further reading

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قره قوغو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 985
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قره قوغو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1492

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