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Turkish
Etymology
From am (“pussy”) + -cık (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
amcık (definite accusative amcığı, plural amcıklar)
- (slang, vulgar) cunt
- swear word used to show anger
- pussy, chickenshit (a man, whose behaviour is perceived as cowardly)
Declension
Descendants
- →? Armenian: մամուխիկ (mamuxik) (calque)
Further reading
- Aktunç, Hulki (1998) “amcık”, in Türkçenin büyük argo sözlüğü (tanıklarıyla) [Great Dictionary of Turkish Argot (with Attestations)] (in Turkish), Istanbul: YKY, page 37b
- Bläsing, Uwe (2019) “Die armenischen Pflanzennamen in Peter Simon Pallas’ Flora Rossica. Eine Studie zu Etymologie und sprachlicher Interaktion”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15) (in German), Leuven: Peeters, page 10