جوجه

See also: خوخة

Khalaj

Etymology 1

Noun

جوجه (cûca) (definite accusative جوجه‌نؽ, plural جوجه‌لار)

1. Arabic spelling of cûca (“unripe melon”)

Declension

Declension of جوجه

	singular	plural
nominative	جوجه	جوجهلار
genitive	جوجهؽݧ	جوجهلارؽݧ
dative	جوجهقا	جوجهلارقا
definite accusative	جوجهؽ	جوجهلارؽ
locative	جوجهچا	جوجهلارچا
ablative	جوجهدا	جوجهلاردا
instrumental	جوجهلا	جوجهلارلا
equative	جوجهوارا	جوجهلاروارا

Etymology 2

Noun

جوجه (cûcə) (definite accusative جوجه‌نى, plural جوجه‌لَر)

1. Arabic spelling of cûcə (“chicken”)

Declension

Declension of جوجه

	singular	plural
nominative	جوجه	جوجهلَر
genitive	جوجهۆݧ	جوجهلَریݧ
dative	جوجهکه	جوجهلَرکه
definite accusative	جوجهۆ	جوجهلَری
locative	جوجهچه	جوجهلَرچه
ablative	جوجهده	جوجهلَرده
instrumental	جوجهله	جوجهلَرله
equative	جوجهوارا	جوجهلَروارا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Ultimately onomatopoeic, most likely borrowed from Persian جوجه (juje, “chick”), with the original sense surviving dialectally.

Noun

جوجه • (cüce)

1. dwarf

   جوجه قالمق ― cüce kalmak ― to stay short

Descendants

• Turkish: cüce
• → Albanian: xhuxh
• → Armenian: ճիւճէ (čiwčē), ջուջա (ǰuǰa)
• → Bulgarian: джудже́ (džudžé)
• → Georgian: ჯუჯა (ǯuǯa)
• → Macedonian: џуџе (džudže)

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جوجه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 449
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جوجه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 687

Persian

Alternative forms

• چوجه (čuje), چوژه (čuže), چوزه (čuze), چوچه (čuče)
• چوری (čuri) (dialectal, Isfahan, Yazd)
• جیجه (jije) (dialectal)

Etymology

Probably from Sogdian [script needed] (cwzʾkk /⁠čužăk⁠/, “chick”). Compare the related Turkish civciv (“chick”), which could be imitative.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒuː.ˈd͡ʒa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒuː.d͡ʒǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒuː.d͡ʒǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒuː.d͡ʒǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒu.d͡ʒǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒuː.d͡ʒé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɵ.d͡ʒǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	jūja
Dari reading?	jūja
Iranian reading?	juje
Tajik reading?	jüja

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	چوچه
Iranian Persian	جوجه
Tajik	чӯҷа

جوجه • (juje) (plural جوجه‌ها (juje-hâ)) (dialectal, common in Iran)

1. chick (baby bird)
2. chicken
3. (Dari) cub, young

   Synonym: (Iran) بچه (bačče)

   چوچه پاندا (Dari) ― čūča pāndā ― baby panda

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: cücə
• → Khalaj: cûca, cûcə
• → Ottoman Turkish: جوجه (cüce)
  • Turkish: cüce
  • → Albanian: xhuxh
  • → Armenian: ճիւճէ (čiwčē), ջուջա (ǰuǰa)
  • → Bulgarian: джудже́ (džudžé)
  • → Georgian: ჯუჯა (ǯuǯa)
  • → Macedonian: џуџе (džudže)
• → Punjabi: cūcā
  • Gurmukhi script: ਚੂਚਾ
  • Shahmukhi script: چوچہ