çark

See also: cark and Cark

Albanian

Etymology

From thark.

Noun

çark m (plural çarqe, definite çarku, definite plural çarqet)

  1. trap, snare
  2. reel, drivewheel, potter's wheel
  3. flintlock, gun hammer
  4. tobacco shredder
  5. wooden frame or framework
  6. (dialectal) bloodletting device
  7. (colloquial) row of teeth (in the mouth)

Derived terms

  • çarki

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish چرخ (çark, “wheel; machine”), from Persian چرخ (čarx), from Middle Persian 𐫝𐫍𐫡 (chr /⁠čahr⁠/, “wheel, cycle”), from Proto-Iranian *čaxrám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čakrám, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (“wheel, circle”). Doublet of çakra.

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Noun

çark (definite accusative çarkı, plural çarklar)

  1. A wheel-shaped piece of machinery, like a cogwheel or a gear.

Derived terms

References

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