طورنه

Ottoman Turkish

طورنه

Alternative forms

  • طورنا (turna)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *turńa (“crane”); cognate with Old Turkic 𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰪𐰀 (turńa), Azerbaijani durna, Bashkir торна (torna), Chuvash тӑрна (tărna), Kazakh тырна (tyrna), Tatar торна (torna), Uzbek turna and Yakut туруйа (turuya).

Noun

طورنه • (turna)

  1. crane, any of the large freshwater birds in the family Gruidae
    Synonyms: كركی (kürki), كلنگ (küleng)

Derived terms

  • تللو طورنه (telli turna, “demoiselle crane”)
  • طورنه بالغی (turna balığı, “pike”)
  • طورنه غاغاسی (turna gagası, “cranesbill”)
  • طورنه قیری (turna kırı, “kind of reddish grey color”)
  • طورنه گوزی (turna gözü, “kind of light yellow color”)
  • طورنه‌جی (turnacı, “keeper of the cranes”)
  • طوغلو طورنه (toğlu turna, “crowned crane”)
  • مصر طورنه‌سی (Mısır turnası, “sacred ibis”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: turna
  • → Armenian: թուռնա (tʻuṙna)

Further reading

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