سوجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

According to Starostin, from Proto-Turkic *sǖčig (sweet). Also compare the similarity with *sǖt (milk), see Persian شیرین (širin) for the semantic development from “milk” to “sweet”.

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (süčig, sweet), [script needed] (süčüg, wine, sweet), Karakhanid [script needed] (sücig, sweet, wine), Turkmen süýji (sweet), Kyrgyz чүчү (cücü, sweet), Bashkir сөсө (sösö, sweet), etc.

Adjective

سوجی • (süci)

  1. (rare) sweet

Noun

سوجی • (süci)

  1. wine
    Synonyms: شراب (şarap), چاقر (çakır)

Descendants

  • (dialectal) Turkish: sücü

References

Urdu

Noun

سوجی • (sūjī?

  1. suji, Suji

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu سوجی (sūjī).

Noun

سوجی (sōjī)

  1. Suji, suji