چناق قلعه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • چناق قلعه‌سی (Çanak Kalʼesi)

Etymology

From چناق (çanak, earthenware pot, bowl) +‎ قلعه (kalʼe, fortress), so named from the great manufacture of coarse earthenware carried on in and around the town.

Proper noun

چناق قلعه • (Çanak Kalʼe)

  1. Çanakkale (a city, district, and province in the West Marmara region, Turkey)

Descendants

  • Arabic: جَنَق قَلْعة (janaq qalʕa)
  • Azerbaijani: Çanaqqala
  • Central Kurdish: چاناققەلعە (çanaqqel'e)
  • Persian: چاناق‌قلعه (čânâq qal'e)
  • Turkish: Çanakkale
    • Arabic: جَانَاكَالِي (jānākālī)
    • Armenian: Չանաքքալե (Čʻanakʻkʻale)
    • English: Çanakkale
    • Greek: Τσανάκκαλε (Tsanákkale)
    • Japanese: チャナッカレ (Chanakkare)
    • Lithuanian: Čanakalė
    • Mandarin: 恰納卡萊 / 恰纳卡莱 (Qiànàkǎlái)
    • Northern Kurdish: Çanakkale
    • Russian: Чанаккале́ (Čanakkalé)
    • Ukrainian: Чанаккале́ (Čanakkalé)

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