çoluk çocuk
التعريفات والمعاني
== Turkish ==
=== Etymology ===
Sources disagree on the origin of the first word. Çağbayır derives çoluk by alteration of çocuk. Nişanyan traces it to oluk (olmak) plus alliteration.
=== Noun ===
çoluk çocuk (definite accusative çoluğu çocuğu, plural çoluklar çocuklar)
a family unit, consisting of the parents together with their children still living at their parent's home
çoluk çocuğa karışmak ― getting married and having kids
a lot of children, a pack of children
young people with no or insufficient job training to earn a living
=== Further reading ===
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “çoluk”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1030
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “çoluk çocuk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük