kalkun

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Danish

Etymology

the word is borrowed from german and is a contraction of 'calcutta hen'

Noun

kalkun c (singular definite kalkunen, plural indefinite kalkuner)

  1. turkey (bird)

Inflection

Declension of kalkun
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kalkun kalkunen kalkuner kalkunerne
genitive kalkuns kalkunens kalkuners kalkunernes

Estonian

Etymology

From Middle Low German kalkun.

Noun

kalkun (genitive kalkuni, partitive kalkunit)

  1. turkey (bird)
  2. turkey (meat of this bird)

Declension

Declension of kalkun (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kalkun kalkunid
accusative nom.
gen. kalkuni
genitive kalkunite
partitive kalkunit kalkuneid
illative kalkunisse kalkunitesse
kalkuneisse
inessive kalkunis kalkunites
kalkuneis
elative kalkunist kalkunitest
kalkuneist
allative kalkunile kalkunitele
kalkuneile
adessive kalkunil kalkunitel
kalkuneil
ablative kalkunilt kalkunitelt
kalkuneilt
translative kalkuniks kalkuniteks
kalkuneiks
terminative kalkunini kalkuniteni
essive kalkunina kalkunitena
abessive kalkunita kalkuniteta
comitative kalkuniga kalkunitega

Faroese

Pronunciation

Noun

kalkun f (genitive singular kalkunar, plural kalkunir)

  1. turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

Declension

Declension of kalkun
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kalkun kalkunin kalkunir kalkunirnar
accusative kalkun kalkunina kalkunir kalkunirnar
dative kalkun kalkunini kalkunum kalkununum
genitive kalkunar kalkunarinnar kalkuna kalkunanna

Indonesian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch kalkoen (“turkey”), older Calcoensche haan (modern kalkoense haan), from Calcoen, the then-used name for the Indian city Calicut, modern Kozhikode.

Pronunciation

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Noun

kalkun (first-person possessive kalkunku, second-person possessive kalkunmu, third-person possessive kalkunnya)

  1. turkey (bird) (Meleagris gallopavo)
    Synonyms: ayam belanda, ayam kalkun

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Dutch kalkoen.

Noun

kalkun m (definite singular kalkunen, indefinite plural kalkuner, definite plural kalkunene)

  1. a turkey (large bird)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Dutch kalkoen.

Noun

kalkun m (definite singular kalkunen, indefinite plural kalkunar, definite plural kalkunane)

  1. a turkey (large bird)

References

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