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çocuk

Meaning

  1. child
  2. a male around dating age

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
[t͡ʃo̞ˈd͡ʒuk]
Etymology

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish چوجق (çocuk, “pigling; child”), from Proto-Turkic *čōč- (“child; young pig”); from which also *čōčka (“pig”). Cognate with Azerbaijani çocuq (“child”), Uzbek jujuq (“small child”), Turkmen jōjuk (“piglet”), Old Turkic 𐰲𐰆𐰲𐰹 (čočuk, “piglet?”).

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