kalkoen

From Dutch kalkoen.

• IPA^(key): /kalˈkun/

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kalkoen (plural kalkoene, diminutive kalkoentjie)

1. turkey, Meleagris gallopavo

• → English: kalkoentjie
• → Swazi: ingalukhuni
• → Xhosa: ikarukwini
• → Zulu: ikalikuni
• → Shona: Garukuni

From older Dutch Calcoensche haan (modern kalkoense haan), from Calcoen, the then-used name for the Indian city Calicut, modern Kozhikode. Although the bird originated in the Americas, confusion arose due to its similarity to the African guinea fowl, which was exported to and imported from India since the 15th century by Portuguese traders.

• IPA^(key): /kɑlˈkun/

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• Hyphenation: kal‧koen
• Rhymes: -un

kalkoen m (plural kalkoenen, diminutive kalkoentje n)

1. a turkey; any bird of genus Meleagris, particularly Meleagris gallopavo

• Afrikaans: kalkoen
  • → English: kalkoentjie
  • → Swazi: ingalukhuni
  • → Xhosa: ikarukwini
  • → Zulu: ikalikuni
  • → Shona: Garukuni
• Berbice Creole Dutch: kalkuna
• Jersey Dutch: kääl'kûn
• Negerhollands: kalkuen
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: kalkun (dated)
• → Lokono: kalakona
• → Caribbean Javanese: kalkun
• → Danish: kalkun
  • → Faroese: kalkun
  • → Icelandic: kalkúnn
• → Indonesian: kalkun
• → Japanese: カラクン
• → Low German:
  • → Dutch Low Saxon: kalkoen
  • → German Low German: Kalkuun
• → Mohegan-Pequot: goongeyox
• → Norwegian Bokmål: kalkun
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: kalkun
• → Papiamentu: kalakuna
• → Sranan Tongo: krakun
  • → Aukan: kaakun
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: krákun
  • → Kari'na: karakuna
• → Swedish: kalkon
  • → Finnish: kalkkuna
• → West Frisian: kalkoen

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kalkoen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
• “kalkoen” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

• kalkoen on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Borrowed from Dutch kalkoen.

kalkoen c (plural kalkoenen, diminutive kalkoentsje)

1. turkey (bird)

• “kalkoen”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011