جیوجیو
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Ottoman Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably imitative. See Turkish civciv.
Noun[edit]
جیوجیو • (civciv)
- the call of a young bird
- chick (young bird)
- (figurative) animation (state of being lively)
Descendants[edit]
- Turkish: civciv
References[edit]
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جیوجیو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 454
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “جیوجیو”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[2], Vienna, column 1667
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “civciv”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جیوجیو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 697