چوره

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • چیوره (çivre)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čebre (“circle, circumference”), a development from the root *čebir- (“to twist, turn”), whence چویرمك (çevirmek, “to turn over, to turn around”). Cognate with Azerbaijani çevrə, Chuvash ҫавра (śavra) and Turkmen çöwre.

Noun

چوره • (çevre) (definite accusative چوره‌یی (çevreyi), plural چوره‌لر (çevreler))

  1. circuit, contour, outline, the circumference of, or distance around, any space, the measure of a line around an area or an object
    Synonyms: دائره (daʼire), طولای (dolay)
  2. periphery, surroundings, the area encircling someone or something, together with the objects and circumstances in the vicinity
    Synonym: اطراف (etraf)
  3. kind of white muslin, handkerchief commonly decorated and edged with gold or silver embroidery, sometimes worn on the head

Derived terms

  • باشنه چوره صارمق (başına çevre sarmak, “to bind a handkerchief round one's head”)
  • چوره قوللانمق (çevre kollanmak, “to use a muslin handkerchief”)
  • چوره یانه (çevre yana, “all around”)
  • چوره‌سی طولاشمق (çevresi dolaşmak, “to go all round about a place”)
  • چپه چوره (çepe çevre, “all around”)

Descendants

  • Gagauz: çevrä
  • Turkish: çevre
  • → Albanian: çevre
  • → Armenian: չէվրէ (čʻēvrē)
  • → Romanian: gevrea

Further reading

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