alakarga

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alakarga

1. European roller (bird)

• ala karga

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آلا قارغه (ala karga, "jay"). By surface analysis, ala ("multicolored") + karga ("crow").

• IPA ^(key): /a.ɫa.kaɾˈɡa/

alakarga (definite accusative alakargayı , plural alakargalar )

1. jay, any medium-sized, colorful and noisy corvid bird of the species Garrulus glandarius

   Synonym: kestane kargası

2. synonym of saksağan ("magpie")

• "alakarga", in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), "ala karga", in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük , a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), "alakarga", in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 189

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