خروس ایبكی

Ottoman Turkish

خروس ایبكی

Etymology

From خروس (horos, “cock, rooster”) + ایبك (ibik, “crest, comb”).

Noun

خروس ایبكی • (horos ibiği)

1. cockscomb, the freshy red crest typically found on a rooster
2. cockscomb, any annual garden plant of the species Celosia cristata

Descendants

• Turkish: horozibiği

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “horozibiği”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1985
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “خروس ایبكی”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 91b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خروس ایبكی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 210
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خروس ایبكی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 286