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kuyruk.

tail, the caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus

6 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun[kujɾuk]
  1. tail, the caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus

    Arık, zayıf bir buzağı kuyruğunu sallayarak gidiyordu.
  2. queue, a line of people, vehicles or other objects, usually one to be dealt with in sequence

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قویروق (kuyruk, “tail; queue”), from Proto-Turkic *kudruk (“tail”). Cognates Cognate with Azerbaijani quyruq, Bashkir ҡойроҡ (qoyroq), Chuvash хӳре (hüre), Kazakh құйрық (quyrıq), Kyrgyz куйрук (kuyruk), Old Turkic 𐰴𐰆𐰑𐰺𐰆𐰸 (qudruq), Turkmen guýruk, Uyghur قۇيرۇق (quyruq) and Uzbek quyruq.

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