anqut

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Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Common Turkic *aŋït (wild duck). Cognate with Turkish angut, etc. According to Eren, ultimately of onomatopoetic origin[1] and thus possibly related to Azerbaijani anqırmaq (to yell, bawl, scream, etc.).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɑŋˈɡut]
  • Hyphenation: an‧qut

Noun

anqut (definite accusative anqutnu, plural anqutlar)

  1. wild duck
  2. ruddy shelduck
  3. (figuratively) a long and thin or skinny person, skin and bones
  4. (figuratively, dialectal) an insatiable or greedy person
  5. (figuratively, dialectal) simpleton

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Eren, Hasan (1999) “angit”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi, page 400b