Where does “hiçlik” come from?

hiçlik (Turkish) comes from Turkish hiç, from Ottoman Turkish هیچ, from Persian هیچ, from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭰 — not any.

hiçlik (Turkish): nothingness

Definitions

  1. nothingness

Ancestry of “hiçlik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishhiçno/none; ever/never; any
2Ottoman Turkishهیچnothing; any
3Persianهیچtiny, insignificant, inconsiderable; no; never
4Middle Persian𐭠𐭩𐭰not any
Every word from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭰 →Every word from Persian هیچ →Every word from Ottoman Turkish هیچ →