چوره

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Compare چویرمك (çevirmek, “to turn over, to turn around”)

Noun

چوره • (çevre)

1. circumference, periphery
2. a type of muslin handkerchief

Descendants

• Turkish: çevre
• → Armenian: չէվրէ (čʻēvrē)

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چوره”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 478
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çevre”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چوره”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 735