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TURKISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

kuş.

bird, fowl

3 characters1 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/kuʃ/
  1. bird, fowl

  2. A triangular piece of fabric added to the underarm area of the body to allow for easy movement in dresses.

  3. penis (mainly childish or humorous)

    euphemistic
  4. the hairless area on the rump of aging horses

  5. a newbie soldier

    figuratively
  6. kite

    Adana · Denizli
  7. pulleys that move the heddle up and down in a weaving device.

    Niğde
  8. small peg-shaped protrusions that fit into the hinge bed of hingeless doors.

  9. the piece placed on the back of the underwear to prevent the crotch from being narrow.

  10. corn

    Konya
  11. mind

  12. turkey (bird)

Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish قوش (kuş), from Old Anatolian Turkish قوش (quş), from Proto-Common Turkic *kuš (“bird”). Cognate with Tatar кош (qoş), Kazakh құс (qus), Kyrgyz куш (kuş), Khakas хус (xus), Karachay-Balkar къуш (quş), Uzbek qush, Old Uyghur 𐽲𐽳𐽿 (qwš /⁠ḳuş⁠/).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.