کوچک
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Persian[edit]
| Dari | کوچک |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | кӯчак |
Alternative forms[edit]
- کوچیک (kučik) (Tehrani)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kwck' /kūčak/, “small”), from Proto-Iranian *kaw-ča-ka, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kaw- ~ *ku- (“young, small”). Cognate with Middle Persian [script needed] (kwc /kūč/, “small”), [script needed] (kwk' /kūk/, “small, short”), Persian کودک (kudak, “child”), کوتاه (kutâh, “short”);[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] see کودک (kudak) for more.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [koː.ˈt͡ʃak]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰɵ.t͡ʃʰǽk]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | kōčak |
| Dari reading? | kōčak |
| Iranian reading? | kuček |
| Tajik reading? | küčak |
Adjective[edit]
کوچک • (kuček) (comparative کوچکتَر (kuček-tar), superlative کوچکتَرین (kuček-tarin))
- small
- young
- برادر من کوچکتر و خواهرم بزرگتر است.
- barâdar-e man kuček-tar o xâharam bozorg-tar ast.
- My brother is younger and my sister is older.
Inflection[edit]
| Predicative forms of کوچک (kuček) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| 1st person (“I am, we are”) |
کوچکم (kučekam) |
کوچکیم (kučekim) |
| 2nd person (“you are”) |
کوچکی (kučeki) |
کوچکید (kučekid) کوچکین △ (kučekin) |
| 3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”) |
کوچک است (kuček ast) کوچکه △ (kučeke) |
کوچکند (kučekand) کوچکن △ (kučekan) |
| △ Colloquial. | ||
Synonyms[edit]
- (small): خرد (xord)
Antonyms[edit]
- (antonym(s) of “big”): بزرگ (bozorg)
Descendants[edit]
- → Middle Armenian: Քուչակ (Kʻučʻak)
References[edit]
- ^ Bailey, H. W. (1931) “To the Žāmāsp-Nāmak II”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies[1], volume 6, number 3, page 599 of 581–600
- ^ Bailey, H. W. (1933) “Iranian Studies II”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies[2], volume 7, number 1, page 69 of 69–86
- ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kūč(ak)”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 52
- ^ Szemerényi, Oswald (1977) Studies in the kinship terminology of the Indo-European languages (Acta Iranica; 16)[3], Tehran and Liège: Bibliothèque Pahlavi, page 15
- ^ Mann, Stuart E. (1984–1987) “kut- (3)”, in An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary[4], Hamburg: Buske, column 594
- ^ Filippone, Ela (2010) The Fingers and their Names in the Iranian Languages (Onomasiological Studies on Body-Part Terms; I)[5], Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, pages 149–151
- ^ Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 258
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