ucuz

See also: üçüz

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Common Turkic *ōču-, cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (učuz, “easy”), Karakhanid اُجُزْ (učuz, “worthless”), Turkish ucuz, Turkmen ujyz, Tatar очсыз (oçsız), Bashkir осһоҙ (oshoź, “cheap”), Southern Altai очы (očï, “small”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uˈd͡ʒuz], [uˈd͡zuz]
• Hyphenation: u‧cuz

Adjective

ucuz (comparative daha ucuz, superlative ən ucuz)

1. cheap

   ucuz bilet ― cheap ticket

Antonyms

• bahalı

Adverb

ucuz

1. cheap

   Qabaq ev almaq baha idi, indi qiymətlər düşdü, ucuz almaq olar.

   Before, buying a house was expensive, now the prices have gone down now, one can buy cheap.

Antonyms

• baha

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Common Turkic [Term?]. Cognate with Turkish ucuz, Azerbaijani ucuz, etc.

Adjective

ucuz

1. cheap

Derived terms

• ucuzlamaq
• ucuzlatmaq
• ucuzlıq

References

• “ucuz”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اوجوز (ucuz), from *učuz "cheap", from Proto-Turkic *ōču- (“get smaller”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (učuz, “easy”), Karakhanid اُجُزْ (učuz, “worthless”), Azerbaijani ucuz, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /udʒuz/

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Adjective

ucuz

1. cheap (near all senses)

Antonyms

• pahalı

Derived terms

• ucuzlamak
• ucuzlatmak
• ucuzlatılmak

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ucuz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “اوجوز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 239