کوچک
Persian
| Dari Persian | کوچک |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | کوچک |
| Tajiki Persian | кӯчак (küčak) |
Alternative forms
- (Tehrani) کوچیک (kučik)
Etymology
From Middle Persian kwc(k') (kūč, kūčak). Cognate with کودک (“child”) and کوتاه (“short”).
Inflection
predicative forms of کوچک
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person (I am/we are) | کوچکم (kučekam) | کوچکیم (kučekim) |
| 2nd person (you are) | کوچکی (kučeki) | کوچکید (kučekid) کوچکین (kučekin) (colloquial) |
| 3rd person (he, she, it is/they are) | کوچک است (kuček ast) کوچکه (kučeke) (colloquial) |
کوچکند (kučekand) کوچکن (kučekan) (colloquial) |
Synonyms
- (small): خرد (xord)
Antonyms
- (big): بزرگ (bozorg)
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “kūč”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
- Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 258
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