çûk

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Northern Kurdish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃˤuːkˤ/, /t͡ʃʰuːkˤ/
  • Hyphenation: çûk
  • Rhymes: -uːkˤ

Noun[edit]

çûk f (Arabic spelling چووک)

  1. house sparrow (Passer domesticus)
    Synonyms: beytik, gunçêşk
  2. small bird
Declension[edit]
Declension of çûk
Definite feminine gender
Case Singular Plural
Nominative çûk çûk
Construct çûka çûkên
Oblique çûkê çûkan
Demonstrative oblique wê çûkê wan çûkan
Vocative çûkê çûkino
Indefinite feminine gender
Case Singular Plural
Nominative çûkek çûkin
Construct çûkeke çûkine
Oblique çûkekê çûkinan

Etymology 2[edit]

Perhaps related to Persian کوچک (kučak, kuček, “small”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃˤuːkˤ/, /t͡ʃʰuːkˤ/
  • Hyphenation: çûk
  • Rhymes: -uːkˤ

Adjective[edit]

çûk (comparative çûktir, superlative çûktirîn, Arabic spelling چووک)

  1. small, little
    Synonyms: çûçik, piçûk, qicik
    Antonym: mezin

References[edit]

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “çûk”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 145
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