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)
- (rare) sweet
Noun
سوجی • (süci)
Related terms
- (?) سوت (süt)
Descendants
- (dialectal) Turkish: sücü
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سوجی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 697
Urdu
Noun
سوجی • (sūjī) ?
- suji, Suji
Ushojo
Etymology
Noun
سوجی (sōjī)
- Suji, suji