ـیچه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *-ica.

Suffix

ـیچه • (-içe)

  1. (rare) Forming feminine counterparts of masculine nouns
    ایمپراطور‎ (imperator, “emperor”) → ایمپراطوریچه‎ (imperatoriçe, “empress”)
    چار‎ (çar, “tsar”) → چاریچه‎ (çariçe, “tsarina”)
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