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angut.

ruddy shelduck

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/aŋˈɡut/

  1. ruddy shelduck

  2. bumpkin, fool, idiot, twerp

    derogatory · slang
    Angut gibi duracağına orada tut şunun ucundan!
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آنغت (angıt), آنغیت (angıt), آنغد (angıd) or آنغید (angıd), from Proto-Turkic *āŋkït (“wild duck”), shares common origin with Mongolian ангир (angir). Cognates with Azerbaijani anqut, Chagatai انقوت (anḳut), انقور (anḳur), Karakhanid اَنْكِتْ (aŋıt, anɣıt), Kumyk гьанкъут (hanqut, “loon”), Kyrgyz аңыр (aŋır), Turkmen aňk, Uyghur ھاڭگىرت (hanggirt, “swan goose”), Uzbek angʻirt, Western Yugur aŋəht (aŋït), Yakut аҥыр (aŋïr).

adj/aŋˈɡut/

  1. foolish

    slang
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آنغت (angıt), آنغیت (angıt), آنغد (angıd) or آنغید (angıd), from Proto-Turkic *āŋkït (“wild duck”), shares common origin with Mongolian ангир (angir). Cognates with Azerbaijani anqut, Chagatai انقوت (anḳut), انقور (anḳur), Karakhanid اَنْكِتْ (aŋıt, anɣıt), Kumyk гьанкъут (hanqut, “loon”), Kyrgyz аңыр (aŋır), Turkmen aňk, Uyghur ھاڭگىرت (hanggirt, “swan goose”), Uzbek angʻirt, Western Yugur aŋəht (aŋït), Yakut аҥыр (aŋïr).

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