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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin indicus.
Pronunciation
Noun
индю́к • (indjúk) m anim (genitive индюка́, nominative plural индюки́, genitive plural индюко́в, feminine инде́йка or индю́шка, relational adjective индюша́чий)
- male turkey (bird), turkeycock, tom
Declension
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “индюк”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “индюк”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 347
- Shansky, N. M., editor (1980), “индюк”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, number 7 (И), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 75
- Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “индюк”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 157