tilkikuyruğu

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تلكی قویروغی (tilki kuyruğu, “foxtail”); equivalent to tilki (“fox”) +‎ kuyruk (“tail”).

Noun

tilkikuyruğu (definite accusative tilkikuyruğunu, plural tilkikuyrukları)

foxtail, any of various grasses of the genus Alopecurus

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tilkikuyruğu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4827

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