gurt
/ɡurt/
1. brood, hatch of young birds — gurt jüjekle a brood of chicks; gurt çığarırğa hatch a brood.
- gurt jüjekle — a brood of chicks
- gurt çığarırğa — to hatch a brood
- tawuq gurt çığardı — the hen hatched a brood
- bizni tawuq gurt çığaradı — our hen is hatching a brood
- gurt çığarğan zaman — incubation period
2. broody hen, sitting hen — Also gurt tawuq. gurt jatarğa sit on eggs, brood. Before another noun it means incubated: gurt gakkı an incubated egg.
- gurt tawuq uyadadı — the broody hen is in the nest
- bizni gurt tawuğubuz bardı — we have a broody hen
- men gurt tawuqnu kördüm — I saw the broody hen
- gurt tawuğubuz on bala çığardı — our broody hen hatched ten chicks
- gurt jatarğa — to sit on eggs
- gurt gakkı — an incubated egg
- gurt tawuq kibik — like a broody hen
3. herd, flock, drove — gurtnu tamadası herdsman, drover. Tenishev and Suyunchev 1989 lists this as a separate homonym from the poultry word. one source
- gurt qırda otlaydı — the herd is grazing in the field
- gurt tawğa baradı — the herd is going to the mountain
Expressions
- gurt tawuq kibik — bristling with anger