чича

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چیچه (çiçe, “uncle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃît͡ʃa/

Noun

чи̏ча m (Latin spelling čȉča)

1. (regional) an old man
2. (regional) uncle (father's brother)

Declension

Declension of чича

	singular	plural
nominative	чича	чиче
genitive	чиче	чича
dative	чичи	чичама
accusative	чичу	чиче
vocative	чичо	чиче
locative	чичи	чичама
instrumental	чичом	чичама

Further reading

• “чича”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025