kalinis

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قالینیس (kalinis, “dotterel”), from Greek [script needed] (galinis).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧li‧nis

Noun

kalinis (definite accusative kalinisi, plural kalinisler)

1. dotterel, any small brown-and-black bird of the species Charadrius morinellus

   Synonym: dağ cılıbıtı

2. synonym of su tavuğu (“coot”)

Declension

Declension of kalinis

singular plural nominative kalinis kalinisler definite accusative kalinisi kalinisleri dative kalinise kalinislere locative kaliniste kalinislerde ablative kalinisten kalinislerden genitive kalinisin kalinislerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular kalinisim kalinislerim 2nd singular kalinisin kalinislerin 3rd singular kalinisi kalinisleri 1st plural kalinisimiz kalinislerimiz 2nd plural kalinisiniz kalinisleriniz 3rd plural kalinisleri kalinisleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular kalinisimi kalinislerimi 2nd singular kalinisini kalinislerini 3rd singular kalinisini kalinislerini 1st plural kalinisimizi kalinislerimizi 2nd plural kalinisinizi kalinislerinizi 3rd plural kalinislerini kalinislerini dative singular plural 1st singular kalinisime kalinislerime 2nd singular kalinisine kalinislerine 3rd singular kalinisine kalinislerine 1st plural kalinisimize kalinislerimize 2nd plural kalinisinize kalinislerinize 3rd plural kalinislerine kalinislerine locative singular plural 1st singular kalinisimde kalinislerimde 2nd singular kalinisinde kalinislerinde 3rd singular kalinisinde kalinislerinde 1st plural kalinisimizde kalinislerimizde 2nd plural kalinisinizde kalinislerinizde 3rd plural kalinislerinde kalinislerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular kalinisimden kalinislerimden 2nd singular kalinisinden kalinislerinden 3rd singular kalinisinden kalinislerinden 1st plural kalinisimizden kalinislerimizden 2nd plural kalinisinizden kalinislerinizden 3rd plural kalinislerinden kalinislerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular kalinisimin kalinislerimin 2nd singular kalinisinin kalinislerinin 3rd singular kalinisinin kalinislerinin 1st plural kalinisimizin kalinislerimizin 2nd plural kalinisinizin kalinislerinizin 3rd plural kalinislerinin kalinislerinin

Further reading

• “kalinis”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “kalinis”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “kalinis”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2359