kuşbaşı

Turkish

Etymology

From kuş (bird) + baş (head) + (possessive suffix), from Proto-Turkic *kuĺ (bird)[1][2] and Proto-Turkic *baĺč (head).[3][4]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuʃ.ba.ʃɯ/
  • Hyphenation: kuş‧ba‧şı

Adjective

kuşbaşı

  1. (for meat etc.) Chopped up in cubes, (literally) in pieces as big as a small bird's head.

Declension

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Noun

kuşbaşı (definite accusative kuşbaşıyı, uncountable)

  1. Meat chopped up in this way.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative kuşbaşı
Definite accusative kuşbaşıyı
Singular Plural
Nominative kuşbaşı
Definite accusative kuşbaşıyı
Dative kuşbaşıya
Locative kuşbaşıda
Ablative kuşbaşıdan
Genitive kuşbaşının

Derived terms

  • kuşbaşılı

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kuĺ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kuş”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  3. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*baĺč”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  4. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “baş”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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