بویون بوران
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Ottoman Turkish
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Etymology
[edit]From بویون (boyun, “neck”) + بوران (buran, “twisting, wrying”).
Noun
[edit]- wryneck, any small woodpecker of the genus Jynx capable of turning the head almost 180°
Descendants
[edit]- Turkish: boyunburan
Further reading
[edit]- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بویون بوران”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 297
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بویون بوران”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 413