küçük

Meaning

  1. small, little
  2. minor, of little importance

Concepts

small
little
minor
young
tiny
bantam
elfin
infant
kid
🧒
mini
minuscule
piddle
subordinate
toy
petit
picayune
boy
👦
pond
pool
puisne
short
daughter
junior
son
jerkwater
wee
dinky
child
🧒
Synonyms

ufak
A2
hafif
B2
az
A1
🤏
çocuk
A1
🧒

ergin olmayan

genç
A1
göl
C1

halsiz

ince
B2
kısa
A1
küçücük
C1
küçüklük
miktar
C1
minik
B2
oğul
C1

reşit olmayan

sığ
C2
yavru
B2

niçar

erkek evlat

rüşte ermemiş

biraz
A1
birkaç
A1
🤏

derin olmayan

düşük
B1
Translations

klein
petit
piccolo
pequeno
klein
pequeño
petit

μικρός

parvus

pichon

minuscuul

pichòt

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/cyˈtʃyc/
Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish
كوچوك
Cognate with Old Turkish
𐰚𐰃𐰲𐰏
Cognate with Kazakh
кіші
Cognate with Uyghur
كىچىك
Cognate with Kyrgyz
кичинекей
Cognate with Shor
кичиг
Cognate with Yakut
куччугуй
Cognate with Persian
کوچک
In summary

From Ottoman Turkish كوچك (küçük, “small, little”), from Old Anatolian Turkish كِچُوكْ (kiçük, “small, little”), from Proto-Turkic *kičük, *kičüg (“small, little”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰃𐰲𐰏 (kičig), Karakhanid [script needed] (kičüg), Kazakh кіші (kışı), кішкене (kışkene), Uyghur كىچىك (kichik), Kyrgyz кичинекей (kicinekey), Shor кичиг, Yakut куччугуй (kuččuguy), etc. According to Clauson it is hard to explain the final /k/ and rounded vowels in modern languages like Turkish and they should be regarded as borrowings from Persian کوچک (kučak, “small”). However this is unlikely and can not be justified solely based on this assumption due to forms like küçü-l- (“to become small”), diminutive form küçü-cük and preservation of /ç/ despite the long vowel of the Persian form.

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