چیرك

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Ottoman Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian چاریک (čâryak), چارک (čârak), from چار (čâr, four) +‎ یک (yak, one).

Noun

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چیرك (çeyrek)

  1. quarter, 14
  2. quarter of an hour, 15'
    چیرك وارçeyrek vara quarter to

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Descendants

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References

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  • Lokotsch, Karl (1927) Etymologisches Wörterbuch der europäischen Wörter orientalischen Ursprungs (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, § 399, page 32b
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چیرك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 743
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چیرك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 484
  • Stachowski, Stanisław (1998) Osmanlı Türkçesinde yeni Farsça alıntılar sözlüğü – Wörterbuch der neupersischen Lehnwörter im Osmanisch-Türkischen (in German), Istanbul: Simurg, § 83, page 113