كوچوك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish كچوك (kiçük, “small, little”), from Proto-Turkic *kičük, *kičüg (“small, little”).[1][2]

Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰃𐰲𐰏 (kičig), Karakhanid [script needed] (kičüg), Kazakh кіші (kışı), кішкене (kışkene), Uyghur كىچىك (kichik), Kyrgyz кичинекей (kicinekey), Shor кичиг (kiçig), Yakut куччугуй (kuccuguy), etc.

Adjective

كوچوك • (küçük)

small, little

Antonyms

بیوك (büyük)

Derived terms

كوچوجك (küçücek)
كوچوك پاسقالیه (Küçük Paskalya)

Related terms

كوچولمك (küçülmek)
ـجك (-cik or -cük) (diminutive suffix)

Descendants

Turkish: küçük
→ Laz: გუჟუღი (gujuği), კუჭუღი (ǩuç̌uği)
→⇒ Armenian: Քուչուկյան (Kʻučʻukyan)

References

Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*kičük/-g”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “küçük”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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