baykuş

== Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بایقوش (baykuş), from Proto-Turkic *bāykuš (“owl”). Can be analyzed as obsolete bay (“rich”) + kuş (“bird”). Compare also بایقره (baykara, “hawk”). Cognate with Azerbaijani bayquş, Turkmen baýguş (ba:ýguş), Kazakh байғыз (baiğyz), Uzbek boyqush, Persian بایقوش (bâyquš) (a Turkic borrowing). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɑjkuʃ/ === Noun === baykuş (definite accusative baykuşu, plural baykuşlar) owl, any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes Synonym: üğü ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “baykuş”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “baykuş”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “baykuş”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 511