Where does “tavacıq” come from?

tavacıq (Azerbaijani) comes from Turkish -cık, from Ottoman Turkish ـجك, from Proto-Turkic *-čük — Forms denominal dimunitive nouns.

tavacıq (Azerbaijani): smaller frying pan

Definitions

  1. smaller frying pan

Ancestry of “tavacıq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkish-cıkdiminutive suffix
2Ottoman TurkishـجكDiminutive suffix after front vowels
3Proto-Turkic*-čükForms denominal dimunitive nouns
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-čük →