zurnuk
/zurnuk/
mainly Balkar word
crane (the bird) — A large long-legged, long-necked bird that flies to warm lands for the winter. Before another noun it means "crane's", as in zurnuk tiziw "a line of cranes"; also zurnuk jıyın "a flock of cranes" and zurnuk bala "a young crane". Tenishev and Suyunchev 1989 and Nevruz 1991 mark it Balkar.
- zurnuk tiziw — a line of cranes
- kökde barğan zurnukla — cranes traveling across the sky
- kökde zurnuknu kördüm — I saw a crane in the sky
- zurnukla jılı jerlege ketdile — the cranes left for warm lands
- kökde barğan tizgin zurnukla — a line of cranes traveling across the sky
- zurnuknu butları uzundula — the crane's legs are long
- zurnukla jılı jerlege ketedile — the cranes are leaving for warm lands
No tables are shown for Balkar meanings: the forms on this site are built by Karachay rules.