چرچوه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • چرچیوه (çerçive)
  • չէրչէվէ (çerçeve), չէրչիվէ (çerçive) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Vulgarized form of Persian چار چوبه (čâr čube, “four sticks; quadrilateral”), from چار (čâr, “four”) + چوبه (čube, “stick, staff, shaft”).

Noun

چرچوه • (çerçeve) (definite accusative چرچوه‌یی (çerçeveyi), plural چرچوه‌لر (çerçeveler))

  1. frame, any rigid, rectangular mounting for paper, paintings, slate, etc.
  2. sash, casement, the opening part of a window containing the windowpanes
  3. doorframe, doorcase, the architectural frame into which a door is fitted
    Synonym: سوا (sıva, süva)

Derived terms

  • آینه چرچوه‌سی (ayna çerçevesi, “mirror frame”)
  • رسم چرچوه‌سی (resm çerçevesi, “frame of a painting”)
  • چرچوه كاغدی (çerçeve kâğıdı, “paper used in lieu of glass”)
  • چرچوه‌جی (çerçeveci, “framer”)
  • چرچوه‌لتمك (çerçeveletmek, “to make or let be framed”)
  • چرچوه‌لمك (çerçevelemek, “to frame”)
  • چرچوه‌لنمك (çerçevelenmek, “to be framed”)
  • چرچوه‌لی (çerçeveli, “framed”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: çerçeve
  • → Armenian: չէրչիվէ (čʻērčʻivē), չարչվա (čʻarčʻva)
  • → Romanian: cercevea

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