کوچه

See also: گوجه

Persian

Dari	کوچه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	кӯча

Kucheh

Etymology

From earlier کوی (kôy, “street, alley”) +‎ ـچه (-če).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [koː.ˈt͡ʃa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰoː.t͡ʃʰǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰoː.t͡ʃʰǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰoː.t͡ʃʰǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰʊː.t͡ʃʰǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰuː.t͡ʃʰé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɵ.t͡ʃʰǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	kōča
Dari reading?	kōča
Iranian reading?	kuče
Tajik reading?	küča

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Noun

کوچه • (kuče) (plural کوچه‌ها (kuče-hâ))

1. alley, lane, kucheh
   • 2009, شادمهر عقیلی [Shadmehr Aghili], تقدیر [Taqdir]:

     دلگیرم از این شهر سرد، این کوچه‌های بی‌عبور.

     delgiram az in šahr-e sard, in kuče-hâ-ye bi-'obur.

     I'm saddened by this cold city, these dead-end alleys.

Derived terms

• کوچه باغ (kuče-bâğ)
• کوچه گرر (kuče-gard)

 

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: küçə
• → Georgian: ქუჩა (kuča)
• → Kazakh: көше (köşe)
• → Kyrgyz: көчө (köcö)
• → Middle Armenian: քուչայ (kʻučʻay)
  • Armenian: քուչա (kʻučʻa)
• → Turkmen: köçe
• → Uyghur: كوچا (kocha)
• → Uzbek: koʻcha