Etymology

From Old Turkic taqïγu, taquq, from Proto-Turkic *tiakɨgu ‎(“hen”).

Cognate with Tatar тавык ‎(tawıq), Kazakh тауық ‎(tawıq), Kyrgyz тоок ‎(took), Uzbek tovuq, Turkish tavuk ‎(“hen”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɑˈwɯ̞q]
• Hyphenation: та‧уыҡ