General names
This list should be regarded as being 'in beta'. Information is based on dictionaries and other sources. Many Kazakh, Turkish, and Korean glosses are highly tentative. Comments and corrections welcome.
The Mongolian word for 'cormorant' is Гогой gogoi. Also known as Хар галуу khar galuu 'black goose'.
Species names
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Chinese (incl. Taiwan) |
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Turkish |
Phalacrocorax carbo |
Great cormorant Cormorant Common cormorant Black Cormorant Большой баклан |
Тураг гогой turag gogoi 'large cormorant' |
Тураг гогой turag gogoi 'large cormorant' Other: Хар галуу khar galuu 'black goose' |
普通鸬鹚 (普通鸕鶿) 'common cormorant' (1, 2, 3, 4) 鸬鹚 (鸕鶿) 'cormorant' (5. Alternative in 1) Taiwan: (鸬鹚) 鸕鶿 'cormorant' |
カワウ (河鵜) kawa-u 'river cormorant' |
민물가마우지 minmul-gamauji 'freshwater cormorant' |
Үлкен суқұзғын ülken sw-quzğın 'large water-cormorant' |
Karabatak 'black-cormorant' |
