çûk

Northern Kurdish

Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

• çivîk, çîçik, çûçik, çûîk, çwîk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃˤuːkˤ/, /t͡ʃʰuːkˤ/
• Hyphenation: çûk
• Rhymes: -uːkˤ

Noun

çûk f (Arabic spelling چووک)

1. house sparrow (Passer domesticus)

   Synonyms: beytik, gunçêşk

2. small bird

Declension

Declension of çûk

Definite feminine gender
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	çûk	çûk
Construct	çûka	çûkên
Oblique	çûkê	çûkan
Demonstrative oblique	wê çûkê	wan çûkan
Vocative	çûkê	çûkino
Indefinite feminine gender
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	çûkek	çûkin
Construct	çûkeke	çûkine
Oblique	çûkekê	çûkinan

Etymology 2

Perhaps related to Persian کوچک (kučak, kuček, “small”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃˤuːkˤ/, /t͡ʃʰuːkˤ/
• Hyphenation: çûk
• Rhymes: -uːkˤ

Adjective

çûk (comparative çûktir, superlative çûktirîn, Arabic spelling چووک)

1. small, little

   Synonyms: çûçik, piçûk, qicik

   Antonym: mezin

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “çûk”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 145