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Pontic Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Byzantine Greek ὀρτύκιον (ortúkion).
Noun
ορτύκιν (ortýkin) n
- quail (bird)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Papadópoulos, Ánthimos (1961) “ορτύκιν”, in Ιστορικόν λεξικόν της ποντικής διαλέκτου [An historical dictionary of the Pontic dialect] (Παράρτημα περιοδικού «Αρχείον Πόντου»; 3), volume II, Athens: Myrtidis