köken: From an outdated тока́ч (tokáč, “propeller, runner”) + -ка (-ka), from Proto-Slavic *tokati (“to propel, to plunge (fluid)”). The name may refer to the repand dot-pattern of their plumage or to their preferred locomotion being running rather than flying. Compare *kurъ (“cock”). The bird was introduced in Bulgaria during Ottoman times (along with turkeys) and formerly had been called миси́рка…
Katalancafritil·lària, gallina de guinea, pintada (dişil) /pinˈta.ðə/
guinea fowl
çekim: çoğul pintades
köken: Borrowed from French pintade, from Portuguese pintada.
Galiçyacagaliña de guiné
Baskçapintada
Galcecochwat, combác, iâr gini
Etimoloji
Unknown. Possibly of onomatopoeic or expressive origin. Compare pic-pic, picat-picat, păcat-păcat. Alternatively, from Bulgarian биба (biba), from Turkish biba (“turkey”).