курка

From Proto-Slavic *kurъka; equivalent to кур (kur, “rooster”) (obsolescent) +‎ -ка (-ka). Cognate with Macedonian ќурка (ḱurka, “turkey”), Serbo-Croatian ħу̏рка (“turkey”). Further loaned into Romanian curcă (“turkey hen”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkurkɐ]

• Audio

  (file)

ку́рка • (kúrka) f

1. (obsolescent) wild hen (non-domestic bird of genus Gallus or more generally of order Galliformes)
2. (dialectal) turkey hen

   Synonym: пу́йка (pújka)

• чу́рка (čúrka)

• ку́рица (kúrica, “hen”)
• ку́рва (kúrva, “whore”)

• “курка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

• IPA^(key): [kʊrˈka]

курка́ • (kurká) m inan

1. genitive singular of куро́к (kurók)

From Proto-Slavic *kura. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkurkɐ]

• Audio

  (file)

ку́рка • (kúrka) f animal (genitive ку́рки, nominative plural курки́, genitive plural куро́к, relational adjective ку́рячий)

1. chicken

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “курка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “курка”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)