جوجه
See also: خوخة
Khalaj edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
جوجه (cûca) (definite accusative جوجهنؽ, plural جوجهلار)
Declension edit
Declension of جوجه
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
جوجه (cûcə) (definite accusative جوجهنى, plural جوجهلَر)
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)
- dwarf
- جوجه قالمق ― cüce kalmak ― to stay short
Descendants edit
- Turkish: cüce
- → Albanian: xhuxh
- → Armenian: ճիւճէ (čiwčē), ջուջա (ǰuǰa)
- → Bulgarian: джудже́ (džudžé)
- → Georgian: ჯუჯა (ǯuǯa)
- → Macedonian: џуџе (džudže)
References edit
- ^ Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “cüce”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 839
Further reading edit
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “جوجه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 449
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “جوجه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 687
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
Noun edit
Dari | چوجه |
---|---|
Iranian Persian | جوجه |
Tajik | чӯҷа |
جوجه • (juje) (plural جوجهها (juje-hâ))
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “civciv”, in Nişanyan Sözlük