جوجه

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See also: خوخة

Khalaj

Etymology 1

Noun

جوجه (cûca) (definite accusative جوجه‌نؽ, plural جوجه‌لار)

  1. Arabic spelling of cûca (unripe melon)
Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

جوجه (cûcə) (definite accusative جوجه‌نى, plural جوجه‌لَر)

  1. Arabic spelling of cûcə (chicken)
Declension

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Ultimately onomatopoeic, most likely borrowed from Persian جوجه (juje, chick), with the original sense surviving dialectally.[1]

Noun

جوجه (cüce)

  1. dwarf
    جوجه قالمقcüce kalmakto stay short

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “cüce”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 839

Further reading

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from Sogdian (cwzʾkk /⁠čužăk⁠/, chick). Compare the related Turkish civciv (chick), which could be imitative.[1]

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? jūja
Dari reading? jūja
Iranian reading? juje
Tajik reading? jüja
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Noun

Dari چوچه
Iranian Persian جوجه
Tajik чӯҷа

جوجه (juje) (plural جوجه‌ها (juje-hâ)) (dialectal, common in Iran)

  1. chick (baby bird)
  2. chicken
  3. (Dari) cub, young
    Synonym: (Iran) بچه (bačče)
    چوچه پاندا (Dari)čūča pāndābaby panda

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “civciv”, in Nişanyan Sözlük