kurak

See also: kur'ak and kuřák

Polish

Etymology

From kur +‎ -ak.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈku.rak/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -urak
  • Syllabification: ku‧rak

Noun

kurak m animal

  1. rooster, especially a young one; cockerel
  2. (usually in the plural) galliform
  3. (hunting, usually in the plural) phasianid
  4. one of several breeds of pigeon
    kurak maltański ― Maltese pigeon

Declension
Declension of kurak
singular plural
nominative kurak kuraki
genitive kuraka kuraków
dative kurakowi kurakom
accusative kuraka kuraki
instrumental kurakiem kurakami
locative kuraku kurakach
vocative kuraku kuraki

Further reading
  • kurak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kurak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قوراق (kurak), from Proto-Turkic *kūrïgak (“dry”).[1] Cognate with Southern Altai кургак (kurgak), Kazakh құрғақ (qūrğaq), etc. Related to kuru.

Adjective

kurak

  1. dry, arid

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “kurak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

References
  1. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*kūrï-gak”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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