جوجه

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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