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Albanian
Etymology
Possibly borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كوروكلو (körüklü, literally “with bellows”), compare dialectal Turkish körüklü (“tropicbird”). Most likely reinforced by its onomatopoeic nature.
Pronunciation
Noun
qyrylyk m
- redshank, greenshank, sandpiper (Tringa or Actitis)
- qurylyku sqepkuq ― common redshank (Tringa totanus)
- qyrylyku këmbëqirizë ― common redshank (Tringa totanus)
- qyrylyku i madh ― common greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
- qyrylyku i murrmë ― spotted redshank (Tringa erythropus)
- qyrylyku i pellgjeve ― marsh sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
- qyrylyku i vogël ― common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
- qyrylyku i zallit ― wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
- qyrylyku këmbëpërkimë ― green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
See also
References
- Dhora, Dhimitër (2008) Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë latinisht–shqip–anglisht (in Albanian), →ISBN, pages 9, 134f.