𐰚𐰃𐰲𐰏

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kičüg (“small”). Cognate with Chuvash кӗҫӗн (kĕś̬ĕn), Turkish küçük (“small”), Uzbek kichik, Bashkir кесе (kese), Yakut куччугуй (kuccuguy). Compare also Hungarian kicsiny, a Turkic borrowing.

Adjective

𐰚𐰃𐰲𐰏 (kičg /kičig/)

  1. small, little, young
    Antonym: 𐰋𐰓𐰜 (bedük)

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “kiçig”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 350
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kiçig”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 696
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*kičük /-g”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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