çarkıfelek
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Turkish
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish چرخ فلك (çarh-ı felek). By surface analysis, çark (“wheel”) + -i (ezafe suffix) + felek (“sky, firmament; world, universe; fortune”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]çarkıfelek (definite accusative çarkıfeleği, plural çarkıfelekler)
- (philosophy) Wheel of Fortune, the mythological wheel turned randomly by the Roman goddess of fate
- Wheel of Fortune, a game of chance consisting of a vertical wheel divided into equal marked sectors
- (pyrotechnics) Catherine wheel, a type of firework that creates sparks and flame and spins when lit
- (military) cheval de frise, an obstacle made of wood with spikes, for use against attacking cavalry
- passionflower, passiflora, any of numerous flowering plants of the genus Passiflora, native to America
- Synonyms: fırıldak çiçeği, saat çiçeği
- passion fruit, granadilla, the round, edible fruit of the plant Passiflora edulis, which is native to Brazil
- (figuratively) synonym of talih (“luck, chance”)
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “çarkıfelek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “çarkıfelek”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “çarkıfelek”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 891
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- Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms suffixed with -i (ezafe)
- Turkish compound terms
- Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish nouns
- tr:Philosophy
- tr:Pyrotechnics
- tr:Military
- Turkish nouns with irregular stem
- tr:Gambling
- tr:Flowers
- tr:Fruits
- tr:Passion vine family plants
