çengel

• çengë

From Persian چنگال (čangâl, “hook”) through Ottoman Turkish چنگل (çengel).

çengel m (plural çengela, definite çengeli, definite plural çengelat)

1. hook
2. anchor

From Ottoman Turkish چنگل (çengel, “hook”), itself from Persian چنگال (čangâl, “fork; hook; claw”).

çengel (definite accusative çengeli, plural çengeller)

1. hook, a rod bent in curved shape

   Synonym: kanca

2. talon of a bird of prey or claw of a wild beast

   Synonym: pençe

3. the canine teeth on the upper jaw of a deer
4. sort of rake used to collect barn manure or to till the soil
5. toothed iron ring worn by shepherd dogs around the neck

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çengel1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 931
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çengel”, in Nişanyan Sözlük