جیوجیو

جیوجیو

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Probably imitative. See Turkish civciv.

Noun

جیوجیو • (civciv)

1. the call of a young bird
2. chick (young bird)
3. (figurative) animation (state of being lively)

Descendants

• Turkish: civciv

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “جیوجیو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 454
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “جیوجیو”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 1667
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “civciv”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “جیوجیو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 697