Reversal of kinship terms when speaking to a child?

Question

When Turkish people speak to children, they often address them with the kinship term that the child is supposed to use for the speaker. For example a mother may call her child "anneciğim" ("my dear mother").I've been told that something similar exists in Arabic, Italian, Greek, and Russian, at least for the word "mother" (in Turkish it works with many kinship terms). But, to my knowledge, it doesn't exist in English or French for example.Is there a name for this phenomenon? How common is it? Is it confined to a geographical region? In short, how can I find more information about it?

Answer 1

There is no name for this usage, but it's extremely common among close family members (anneciğim, teyzeciğim, ablacığım). I think this is some sort of endearment used with little children. It is almost universal across Turkey, not specific to a particular region and used very commonly.