şişko

Turkish

Etymology

From şiş-. Inherited from Ottoman Turkish شیشقو.

The suffix likely comes from a Slavic language, where -ko is a diminutive suffix. This might be Serbo-Croatian, as the -ko suffix often denotes negative features: Compare Serbo-Croatian debeo turning into debeljko (“fatso”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: şiş‧ko

Adjective

şişko

1. (derogatory) fat

Synonyms

• ağır
• kilolu
• semiz
• şişman
• tombul
• tonton (informal)
• toplu

Antonyms

• sıska (informal)
• zayıf

Descendants

• → Swedish: shishko

References

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “şişko”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 4, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4495
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şişko”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• “şişko”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu