çirkin

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Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic чиркин
Abjad چیرکین

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian چرکین (čerkin), from Persian چرک (čerk), from Common Turkic *čirik, from Proto-Turkic *čiri-.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: çir‧kin

Adjective

çirkin (comparative daha çirkin, superlative ən çirkin)

  1. ugly
    Synonyms: eybəcər, kifir
    Antonyms: gözəl, göyçək, yaraşıqlı
    • 2009, Əli Əkbər, Artuş və Zaur, page 12:
      “İlahi, bu qədər çirkin, eybəcər bir varlığın, bakirə qalmasından, namusdan danışmasından daha təbii nə ola bilər?“
      "O God, what can be more natural for such an ugly and hideous creature, than talking about honour and importance of remaining a virgin?"
  2. dirty
    Synonyms: çirkli, kirli
    Antonym: təmiz
    • 1916, Cəfər Cabbarlı, Nəsrəddin Şah; republished as Cəfər Cabbarlı Əsərləri Dörd Cilddə. II Cild, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, 2005, Nəsrəddin Şah, page 105:
      Toхundurma o faхir libasını mənim bu çirkin paltarıma, çirklənər.
      Don't bring together that beautiful garment with these dirty clothes of mine, it will get soiled.

References

  1. ^ Doerfer, Gerhard (1967) “1077”, in Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 20)‎ (in German), volume III, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag

Further reading

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish چركین (çirkin), from Persian چرکین (čerkin), from چرک (čerk), itself a Turkic borrowing from Common Turkic *čirik (whence çürük), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *čiri-,[1] whence çürü-. Doublet of çürük

Pronunciation

Adjective

çirkin

  1. ugly
    Antonym: güzel

Declension

Further reading

  • çirkin”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

References

  1. ^ Doerfer, Gerhard (1967) “1077”, in Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 20)‎ (in German), volume III, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag