Curiosity:Translationfor turkey(bird)1)火鸡inChinese2)'Hindi'inTurkish3)d'indi
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Mao Clone

11/24/2015, 23:45:25

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in catalan4)d’Inde in french5)'turkei' in german

Means to europeans,it came from turkey or india, just like porcelain is called 'china'.

Is 火鸡 related to firebird or persia?

The hindi word is Tarkee, apparently a version of 'turkey'.

Between hindus and turkeys "You're the turkey, not me'

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They're originally Mexican not Turkish: - -Corsair- 11-26 21:02 | 361 bytes |
The French word for the Turkey (bird) is "dinde", I believe - BBC 11-25 01:51 | 181 bytes | +2
- You mean Guinea fowl, not "Turkey fowl" (whatever that is) - -Corsair- 11-26 21:03 | 106 bytes | +1
  - It was confused with this guineafowl - BBC 11-27 12:43 | 123 bytes | link
- ThankU.Sounds very confusing,did it originate as a word in england first? - Mao Clone 11-25 05:15 | 952 bytes | link +1
  - English got New World products even before they established colonies - -Corsair- 11-26 21:13 | 795 bytes | +1
    - Muslims in the early United States: - -Corsair- 11-26 21:14 | 54 bytes | +1
      - Thanx4the infos.I wonder wat would happen if islam conquered the nu world1st - Mao Clone 11-26 22:56 | 1088 bytes | +1
        
        That would have been very unlikely: - -Corsair- 11-27 13:25 | 1269 bytes |
Monkeys have their own god,finally turkeys have their god too... - Mao Clone 11-25 00:08 | 961 bytes | link +1
- Has Daesh ever remarked on this curious blasphemy? [no text] - -Corsair- 11-26 21:19 | 0 bytes |