cirikokë

== Albanian == === Alternative forms === siliqoke, siliqokë, cillkokë, cilikokë, sylikokë, silikokë, sylëkokë, sorrëqokë, sulkokë, syqokë === Etymology === From ciri- (or its variant cili- for some alternative forms) + kokë, where the first part is derived from cër as a metathesis of stër- in stërqokë, or even from cirkë (“droplet”). The second part points to qok (“scops owl”), influenced by kokë perhaps due to the grayish color on birds head and neck. Less likely, but proposed, an onomatopoeic formation due to the bird's caw, krrok in Albanian. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡siɾiˈkɔkə/ === Noun === cirikókë f (plural cirikoka, definite cirikoka, definite plural cirikokat) (zoology) Eurasian jackdaw (Coloeus monedula) Synonyms: cicokë, stërqokë (zoology) Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) Synonyms: kryezi, kokëzi ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== kryesylikokë kryesiliqokë ==== Related terms ==== stërqokë korb sorrë === References === === Further reading === “cirikokë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006 FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980 Mann, S. E. (1948), “cilikoké;cirikoké”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 450,592