کوچک
Persian
[edit]| Dari | کوچک |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | кӯчак |
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kwck' /kūčak/, “small”), from Proto-Iranian *kaw-ča-ka, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kaw- ~ *ku- (“young, small”). Cognate with Mazanderani پچوک (pečok, “small”),[1] Middle Persian [script needed] (kwc /kūč/, “small”), [script needed] (kwk' /kūk/, “small, short”), Persian کودک (kudak, “child”), کوتاه (kutâh, “short”);[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] see کودک (kudak) for more.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /koː.ˈt͡ʃak/
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰɵ.t͡ʃʰák]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | kōčak |
| Dari reading? | kōčak |
| Iranian reading? | kučak |
| Tajik reading? | küčak |
Adjective
[edit]کوچک • (kōčak / kučak) (comparative کوچکتَر, superlative کوچکتَرین, Tajik spelling кӯчак)
- small
- Synonym: خرد (xord)
- young
- برادر من کوچکتر و خواهرم بزرگتر است.
- barâdar-e man kuček-tar o xâharam bozorg-tar ast.
- My brother is younger and my sister is older.
Inflection
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person (“I am, we are”) |
کوچکم (kučekam) | کوچکیم (kučekim) |
| 2nd person (“you are”) |
کوچکی (kučeki) | کوچکید، کوچکین△ (kučekid, kučekin△) |
| 3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”) |
کوچک است، کوچکه△ (kuček ast, kučeke△) | کوچکند، کوچکن△ (kučekand, kučekan△) |
△ Colloquial.
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “big”): بزرگ (bozorg)
Descendants
[edit]- → Middle Armenian: Քուչակ (Kʻučʻak)
References
[edit]- ^ Talebi, Ali (2012), مشتی از مرواریدهای فراموششدهی مازندران (فرهنگ واژگانی) [A Handful of the Forgotten Pearls of Mazandaran (Dictionary)][1], Amol, page 18
- ^ Bailey, H. W. (1931), “To the Žāmāsp-Nāmak II”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies[2], volume 6, number 3, page 599 of 581–600
- ^ Bailey, H. W. (1933), “Iranian Studies II”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies[3], volume 7, number 1, page 69 of 69–86
- ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “kūč(ak)”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 52
- ^ Szemerényi, Oswald (1977), Studies in the kinship terminology of the Indo-European languages (Acta Iranica; 16)[4], Tehran and Liège: Bibliothèque Pahlavi, page 15
- ^ Mann, Stuart E. (1984–1987), “kut- (3)”, in An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary[5], Hamburg: Buske, column 594
- ^ Filippone, Ela (2010), The Fingers and their Names in the Iranian Languages (Onomasiological Studies on Body-Part Terms; I)[6], Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, pages 149–151
- ^ Nourai, Ali (2011), An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 258
Further reading
[edit]Categories:
- Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian
- Persian terms derived from Middle Persian
- Persian terms inherited from Proto-Iranian
- Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian
- Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Persian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Persian lemmas
- Persian adjectives
- Persian terms with usage examples