өйрәкморон

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Bashkir

Өйрәкморондар.

Etymology

Composed of өйрәк (öyrək, duck) +‎ морон (moron, nose). Calque of Russian утконо́с (utkonós).

Compare with Tatar үрдәкборын (ürdäkborın, platipus), Uzbek oʻrdakburun (platipus), Azerbaijani ördəkburun (platipus) - these cognates are made up of components that are etymologically equivalent to those in the Bashkir term.

Also compare Kazakh үйректұмсық (üirektūmsyq, platipus), Uyghur ئۆردەكتۇمشۇق (ördektumshuq, platipus) - these two have a different second component, which is equivalent to Bashkie томшоҡ (tomşoq).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: өй‧рәк‧мо‧рон

Noun

өйрәкморон (öyrəkmoron)

  1. (zoology) platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus

Declension