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Azerbaijani
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Common Turkic *aŋït (“wild duck”). According to Eren, ultimately of onomatopoetic origin and possibly related to Azerbaijani anqırmaq (“to yell, bawl, scream”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑnˈɡut/,
- Hyphenation: an‧qut
Noun
anqut (definite accusative anqutu, plural anqutlar)
- wild duck
- ruddy shelduck
- (figurative) skinny person, skin and bones
- (figurative, dialectal) insatiable or greedy person
- (figurative, dialectal) simpleton
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Derived terms
References
- ^ Eren, Hasan (1999) “angit”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi, page 400b
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