See also: خوخة

Khalaj edit

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

جوجه (cûca) (definite accusative جوجه‌نؽ, plural جوجه‌لار)

  1. Arabic spelling of cûca (unripe melon)
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

جوجه (cûcə) (definite accusative جوجه‌نى, plural جوجه‌لَر)

  1. Arabic spelling of cûcə (chicken)
Declension edit

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately onomatopoeic, most likely borrowed from Persian جوجه (juje, chick), with the original sense surviving dialectally.[1]

Noun edit

جوجه (cüce)

  1. dwarf
    جوجه قالمقcüce kalmakto stay short

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: cüce
  • Albanian: xhuxh
  • Armenian: ճիւճէ (čiwčē), ջուջա (ǰuǰa)
  • Bulgarian: джудже́ (džudžé)
  • Georgian: ჯუჯა (ǯuǯa)
  • Macedonian: џуџе (džudže)

References edit

  1. ^ Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “cüce”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 839

Further reading edit

Persian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Probably from Sogdian [script needed] (cwzʾkk /⁠čužăk⁠/, chick). Compare the related Turkish civciv (chick), which could be imitative.[1]

Pronunciation edit

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  • IPA(key): [d͡ʒuːˈd͡ʒe]

Noun edit

Dari چوجه
Iranian Persian جوجه
Tajik чӯҷа

جوجه (juje) (plural جوجه‌ها (juje-hâ))

  1. chick

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “civciv”, in Nişanyan Sözlük