ـیچه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *-ica.

Suffix

ـیچه • (-içe)

  1. (unproductive) Forming feminine counterparts of masculine nouns
    ایمپراطور (imperator, “emperor”) → ایمپراطوریچه (imperatoriçe, “empress”)
    چار (çar, “tsar”) → چاریچه (çariçe, “tsarina”)
    قرال (kral, “king”) → قرالیچه (kraliçe, “queen”)
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