civciv

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جیوجیو (civciv, “cry of a young bird; young bird”). Probably imitative. In pre-Ottoman writing (Ahmedî, İskendernâme) as [script needed] (cūje), and similarly in Persian, as جوجه (juje).

Compare Armenian ճիվճիվ (čivčiv), ծիվծիվ (civciv, “cry of a bird”), Bulgarian джив-джив (dživ-dživ), Macedonian џив-џив (dživ-dživ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dʒiβdʒiβ]

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• Hyphenation: civ‧civ

Noun

civciv (definite accusative civcivi, plural civcivler)

1. chick (young chicken)
2. (slang) young woman

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	civciv
Definite accusative	civcivi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	civciv	civcivler
Definite accusative	civcivi	civcivleri
Dative	civcive	civcivlere
Locative	civcivde	civcivlerde
Ablative	civcivden	civcivlerden
Genitive	civcivin	civcivlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular civcivim civcivlerim 2nd singular civcivin civcivlerin 3rd singular civcivi civcivleri 1st plural civcivimiz civcivlerimiz 2nd plural civciviniz civcivleriniz 3rd plural civcivleri civcivleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular civcivimi civcivlerimi 2nd singular civcivini civcivlerini 3rd singular civcivini civcivlerini 1st plural civcivimizi civcivlerimizi 2nd plural civcivinizi civcivlerinizi 3rd plural civcivlerini civcivlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular civcivime civcivlerime 2nd singular civcivine civcivlerine 3rd singular civcivine civcivlerine 1st plural civcivimize civcivlerimize 2nd plural civcivinize civcivlerinize 3rd plural civcivlerine civcivlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular civcivimde civcivlerimde 2nd singular civcivinde civcivlerinde 3rd singular civcivinde civcivlerinde 1st plural civcivimizde civcivlerimizde 2nd plural civcivinizde civcivlerinizde 3rd plural civcivlerinde civcivlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular civcivimden civcivlerimden 2nd singular civcivinden civcivlerinden 3rd singular civcivinden civcivlerinden 1st plural civcivimizden civcivlerimizden 2nd plural civcivinizden civcivlerinizden 3rd plural civcivlerinden civcivlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular civcivimin civcivlerimin 2nd singular civcivinin civcivlerinin 3rd singular civcivinin civcivlerinin 1st plural civcivimizin civcivlerimizin 2nd plural civcivinizin civcivlerinizin 3rd plural civcivlerinin civcivlerinin