çene
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish چكه (çeŋe, “chin, jawbone”), from Proto-Turkic *čeŋe (“jaw”). Cognate with Chagatai [script needed] (čeŋe), Yakut сэҥийэ (señiye, “chin”). Unclear relationship to Persian چانه (čâne, “chin”), according to Dybo, the Persian form doesn't have an Iranian etymology and rather developed under Turkic influence. Compare Persian زنخ (zanakh, “chin”) with regular Iranian etymology, which is supposedly cognate to čâne.
Pronunciation
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- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "colloquial" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /t͡ʃeˈŋɛ́/
- Hyphenation: çe‧ne
Noun
çene (definite accusative çeneyi, plural çeneler)
- (anatomy) chin (bottom of a face)
- jaw
- (figuratively) talkativeness
Declension
Inflection | ||
---|---|---|
Nominative | çene | |
Definite accusative | çeneyi | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | çene | çeneler |
Definite accusative | çeneyi | çeneleri |
Dative | çeneye | çenelere |
Locative | çenede | çenelerde |
Ablative | çeneden | çenelerden |
Genitive | çenenin | çenelerin |
Derived terms
References
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*čeŋe”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill