curcan

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Bulgarian курка (kurka)bor.

Romanian curcă

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nosder.

Proto-Italic *-ānos

Latin -anuslbor.

Romanian -an

Romanian curcan

From curcă (“turkey hen”) + -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kurˈkan/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

curcan m (plural curcani, feminine equivalent curcă)

1. turkey (bird)
2. turkey-cock
3. (derogatory) policeman, cop, peeler, copper

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	curcan	curcanul	curcani	curcanii
genitive-dative	curcan	curcanului	curcani	curcanilor
vocative	curcanule		curcanilor

Derived terms

• curcănaș
• curcănărie
• curcănie
• moțul-curcanului
• nasul-curcanului

Expressions

• se umfla în pene ca un curcan

See also

• fazan
• păun
• potârniche

References

• “curcan”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026