مصر طورنه‌سی

Ottoman Turkish

مصر طورنه‌سی

Etymology

From مصر (Mısır, “Egypt”) + طورنه (turna, “crane”).

Noun

مصر طورنه‌سی • (Mısır turnası)

sacred ibis, any wading bird of the species Threskiornis aethiopicus
Synonym: ییلانجیل (yılancıl)

Descendants

Turkish: Mısır turnası

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “Mısır turnası”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3204
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مصر طورنه‌سی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 816
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مصر طورنه‌سی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1254

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