Sunday, August 30, 2020

Kumru-Tuerkentaube-Streptopelia decaocto

Hello, 
today it is about a bird that has a "Turkish" name in many European langauges.
It is Eurasian Collared Dove



It is called 

Türkentaube - German

Tyrkerdue - Danish, Norwegian 

Tortola Turca - Spanish

Tourterelle Turque - French

Turkse Tortel - Dutch

Synogarlica Turecka - Polish

Rola-Turca - Portuguese

Туркаўка кольчатая - Belarussian 

Turzhunel Durk - Breton

Tortora Turca - Catalan

Turkiar Usapal - Basque

Turcadugva - Faroese

Turska grlica - Slovene

Turkinkyyhky - Finnish

Turkduva - Swedish

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As you see this bird is a "Turkish" bird. But why?

Because, it came to Europe with Ottoman Turks and the European got to know them with this "Bringer's" Name.

Turkish Dove - Kumru

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The beginning of this triumphal march had an end as the Turks lost at the Gates of Vienna, 1683.

As the Turks lost the upper hand, this bird lost its life. 
The European Peoples killed and massacred this animal, because it was a remnant of the Turkish times. So they killed it to extinction.
Because it was the bird of the Turks, it had to be killed to forget the Turkish times.

But now, there are many in Germany where I live, because the Turkish State gave German State after the WW1 many Türkentaube couples for breeding and I see and hear their great children! 

Bonus fact: The Turkish Dove sings "goo-goook-gook" (3 times)
                   The European Dove 5 times "goo-goook-gook-gookgook"
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2 links for this issue:

http://www.malayani.net/kuslarda-soykirima-ugrar-avrupanin-kumru-katliami/

and

https://www.nabu.de/tiere-und-pflanzen/voegel/vogelkunde/gut-zu-wissen/03757.html

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Uzunbacak Adem

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Pics: wiki

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Now you can see the "Turkish" in the names if this bird below: 

Streptopelia decaocto
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IOC Classification: DomainEukaryota • RegnumAnimalia • PhylumChordata • SubphylumVertebrata • InfraphylumGnathostomata • SuperclassisTetrapoda • ClassisAves • SuperordoNeognathae • OrdoColumbiformes • FamiliaColumbidae • GenusStreptopelia • Species: Streptopelia decaocto  (Frivaldszky, 1838)

Saturday, August 22, 2020

TürkHıyarı-PaisleyMotif-TürkischeGurke

Hello, 

today it is about Turkish cucumbers.

German term "Türkische Gurke" indicates a motif thet we find in India, Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkey.

In web you find many explanations for its origin. Its English name is paisley and my sister would call it 'şal deseni'.

www attests Iranian, Scythian, Kadjar, Safavid, India origins. I think we can say that it is of Midde Asian origin, so it could be Turkish, too.

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Missy Elliot has it on in her most famous hit "Get your freak on".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPoKiGQzbSQ

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Now a few pics.




pics: wiki


Uzunbacak Adem



Sunday, August 16, 2020

Indoeuropean-Sumerian-Turkish-Words-for-Tree

A nice sunday! 


https://indo-european.info/indoeuropean.html


says:


Root aig- means tree, specially oak (German Eiche)

Sumerian dictionary 

https://www.sumerian.org/sumerian.pdf

says:


and I say

Modern Turkish ağaç (tree) with old and dialectical versions like 

Old versions like: ığaçyığaç


ağaş, ıyaş, yığaş


are all similar. 


They cognate with each other.


And as bonus the words Latin acacia and Greek ἀκακία are similar to others, too.


Uzunbacak Adem


Acacia, Akasya

pic: wikipedia

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