qyrylyk

Albanian

Alternative forms

• qurylyk

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كوروكلو (körüklü, literally “with bellows”), compare dialectal Turkish körüklü (“tropicbird”). Most likely reinforced by its onomatopoeic nature.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cyɾyˈlyk/
• Rhymes: -yk

Noun

qyrylyk m

1. redshank, greenshank, sandpiper (Tringa or Actitis)

   qurylyku sqepkuq ― common redshank (Tringa totanus)

   qyrylyku këmbëqirizë ― common redshank (Tringa totanus)

   qyrylyku i madh ― common greenshank (Tringa nebularia)

   qyrylyku i murrmë ― spotted redshank (Tringa erythropus)

   qyrylyku i pellgjeve ― marsh sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)

   qyrylyku i vogël ― common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)

   qyrylyku i zallit ― wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola)

   qyrylyku këmbëpërkimë ― green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)

See also

• qyrlek

 

References

• Dhora, Dhimitër (2008) Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë latinisht–shqip–anglisht (in Albanian), →ISBN, pages 9, 134f.