nightjar; any bird from the subfamily Caprimulginae · Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
çekim: çoğul lelki · tamlayan lelka
köken: Inherited from Old Polish lelek, from Proto-Slavic *lelьkъ. The Slavic base is certainly onomatopoeic, but it is not certain if this is in relation to growling, as in Serbo-Croatian lelekati, or in the swaying flight, as in *lelějati.
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lelьkъ. The Slavic base is certainly onomatopoeic, but it is not certain if this is in relation to growling, as in Serbo-Croatian lelekati, or in the swaying flight, as in *lelějati.
a milker of goats · a nightjar (from the belief that they sucked the milk from goats)
çekim: çoğul caprimulgī · tamlayan caprimulgī
köken: From capra (“she-goat”) + mulgeō (“to milk”) + -us. The sense "nightjar" is first attested in Pliny the Elder's Naturalis historia and represents a partial calque of Ancient Greek αἰγοθήλας (aigothḗlas), following Aristotle's claim in Historia animalium that certain nocturnal birds - often identified as nightjars - suck milk from the udders of goats.