kuşbaşı

Turkish

Etymology

From kuş (“bird”) +‎ baş (“head”) +‎ -ı (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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