токачка

Bulgarian

Обикновена токачка

Etymology

From an outdated тока́ч (tokáč, “propeller, runner”) +‎ -ка (-ka), from Proto-Slavic *tokati (“to propel, to plunge (fluid)”). The name may refer to the repand dot-pattern of their plumage or to their preferred locomotion being running rather than flying. Compare *kurъ (“cock”).

The bird was introduced in Bulgaria during Ottoman times (along with turkeys) and formerly had been called миси́рка (misírka) (literally: Egyptian bird).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [toˈkat͡ʃkɐ]

Noun

тока́чка • (tokáčka) f

guineafowl (bird of genus Numida)

Declension

Declension of ку́рка

	singular	plural
indefinite	ку́рка kúrka	ку́рки kúrki
definite	ку́рката kúrkata	ку́рките kúrkite
vocative form	ку́рке kúrke	ку́рки kúrki

Related terms

те́ка (téka, “to flow”), ти́чам (tíčam, “to run”)
ток (tok, “current”)

References

“токачка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
“токачка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

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