كوچوك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (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 (kiçinekey), Shor кичиг (kiçig), Yakut куччугуй (kuccuguy), etc.

Adjective

كوچوك • (küçük)

  1. small
  2. little

Antonyms

Derived terms
  • كوچولمك‎ (küçülmek)

Descendants
  • Turkish: küçük
  • → Laz: გუჟუღი (gujuği), კუჭუღი (ǩuç̌uği)

References
  1. 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
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “küçük”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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