Dochu, Alina (2017) Turkic etymological background of the English bird name terek ‘Tringa cinereus’. Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 70 (4). pp. 479-483. ISSN 0001-6446
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Abstract
This paper deals with the Turkic background of the English ornithonym terek ‘Tringa cinereus’. Despite a large number of works devoted to different aspects of bird names, the origin of the English ornithonym terek or terek sandpiper ‘Tringa cinereus’ has not been studied sufficiently. The English name of the bird terek originates from the name of the Terek river in the Caucasus, which, in turn, is a Turkic word meaning ‘tree’ and ‘poplar’. The etymology of the word terek is expounded along the lines of linguistic, historical and geographical data as well as the role of mythology.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | D History General and Old World / történelem > D0 History (General) / történelem általában P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom |
| Depositing User: | Ágnes Sallai |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Dec 2017 07:41 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Dec 2019 00:21 |
| URI: | http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/71283 |
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