amcık
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== Turkish ==
=== Etymology ===
By surface analysis, am (“pussy”) + -cık (diminutive suffix).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɑmˈd͡ʒɯk/
Hyphenation: am‧cık
=== Noun ===
amcık (definite accusative amcığı, plural amcıklar)
(slang, vulgar) cunt
swear word used to show anger
pussy, chickenshit (a man, whose behaviour is perceived as cowardly)
==== Declension ====
==== Descendants ====
→? Armenian: մամուխիկ (mamuxik) (calque)
=== Further reading ===
Aktunç, Hulki (1998), “amcık”, in Türkçenin büyük argo sözlüğü (tanıklarıyla) [Great Dictionary of Turkish Argot (with Attestations)] (in Turkish), Istanbul: YKY, page 37b
Bläsing, Uwe (2019), “Die armenischen Pflanzennamen in Peter Simon Pallas’ Flora Rossica. Eine Studie zu Etymologie und sprachlicher Interaktion”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15) (in German), Leuven: Peeters, page 10