tavuk

== Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طاوق (tavuk, “hen, fowl”), from earlier *taɣuq/*taquq, from Proto-Turkic *takïgu (“hen, fowl”). Cognate with Chuvash чӑх (čăh), Old Uyghur 𐾀𐽰𐽲𐽶𐽲𐽳 (tʾqyqw /⁠takïgu⁠/), Karakhanid تَقاغُو (taqāɣū, “domestic fowl”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɑˈvuk/, [t̪ʰäˈʋuk] Hyphenation: ta‧vuk === Noun === tavuk (definite accusative tavuğu, plural tavuklar) hen chicken (meat) (hyponymic) chicken, of unspecified gender ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “tavuk”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “tavuk”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “tavuk1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4648 Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “tavuk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük