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aç.

hunger

2 characters1 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun[ɑt͡ʃ]

  1. hunger

    archaic
    Acımdan ölüyorum.

  2. hungry person

    Aç ne yemez tok ne demez.
Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish آج (ac, “hungry”), from Old Anatolian Turkish آجْ (ac, “hungry”), from Proto-Turkic *āč (“hunger”). Cognates Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰀𐰲 (ač /⁠aç⁠/, “hungry”), Old Uyghur 𐽰𐽰𐽽 (aç, “hungry”), Karakhanid [script needed] (āç, “hungry”), Azerbaijani ac (“hungry”), Bashkir ас (as, “hungry”), Chuvash выҫӑ (vyś̬ă, “hunger, hungry”), Kazakh аш (aš, “hunger”), Khakas ас (as, “hunger, hungry”), Kipchak [script needed] (aç, “hungry”), Kyrgyz ач (ac, “hungry”), Southern Altai ач (ač, “hunger”), Turkmen āç (“hungry”), Tuvan аш (aş, “hunger, hungry”), Uyghur ئاچ (ach, “hungry”), Uzbek och (“hungry”), Yakut аас (aas, “hunger”).

adv[ɑt͡ʃ]

  1. hungrily, in a hungry state

Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish آج (ac, “hungry”), from Old Anatolian Turkish آجْ (ac, “hungry”), from Proto-Turkic *āč (“hunger”). Cognates Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰀𐰲 (ač /⁠aç⁠/, “hungry”), Old Uyghur 𐽰𐽰𐽽 (aç, “hungry”), Karakhanid [script needed] (āç, “hungry”), Azerbaijani ac (“hungry”), Bashkir ас (as, “hungry”), Chuvash выҫӑ (vyś̬ă, “hunger, hungry”), Kazakh аш (aš, “hunger”), Khakas ас (as, “hunger, hungry”), Kipchak [script needed] (aç, “hungry”), Kyrgyz ач (ac, “hungry”), Southern Altai ач (ač, “hunger”), Turkmen āç (“hungry”), Tuvan аш (aş, “hunger, hungry”), Uyghur ئاچ (ach, “hungry”), Uzbek och (“hungry”), Yakut аас (aas, “hunger”).

adj[ɑt͡ʃ]

  1. hungry, unfed

    Aç ayı oynamaz.

  2. greedy, covetous, insatiable

Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish آج (ac, “hungry”), from Old Anatolian Turkish آجْ (ac, “hungry”), from Proto-Turkic *āč (“hunger”). Cognates Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰀𐰲 (ač /⁠aç⁠/, “hungry”), Old Uyghur 𐽰𐽰𐽽 (aç, “hungry”), Karakhanid [script needed] (āç, “hungry”), Azerbaijani ac (“hungry”), Bashkir ас (as, “hungry”), Chuvash выҫӑ (vyś̬ă, “hunger, hungry”), Kazakh аш (aš, “hunger”), Khakas ас (as, “hunger, hungry”), Kipchak [script needed] (aç, “hungry”), Kyrgyz ач (ac, “hungry”), Southern Altai ач (ač, “hunger”), Turkmen āç (“hungry”), Tuvan аш (aş, “hunger, hungry”), Uyghur ئاچ (ach, “hungry”), Uzbek och (“hungry”), Yakut аас (aas, “hunger”).

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