dağ serçesi

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طاغ سرچه‌سی (dağ serçesi, “tree sparrow”); equivalent to dağ (“mountain”) + serçe (“sparrow”).

Noun

dağ serçesi (definite accusative dağ serçesini, plural dağ serçeleri)

tree sparrow (Passer montanus)
Synonym: ağaç serçesi

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “dağ serçesi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1073

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