maymuncuk
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish میمونجق (maymuncuk), equivalent to maymun (“monkey”) + -cuk (diminutive suffix). Literally, “little monkey”.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmaymuncuk (definite accusative maymuncuğu, plural maymuncuklar)
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- “maymuncuk”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “maymun”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “maymuncuk”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “maymuncuk”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3025
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “میمونجق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1257b