çıra

See also: CIRA, Cira, cira, čirá, and çira

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish چرا, from Persian چراغ (čerâğ). Doublet of çırak and çerağ

Noun

çıra (definite accusative çırayı, plural çıralar)

1. pitch pine wood
   • 1937 June 29, headline in Son Telgraf:

     Yeni kanun / Çıra ile aydınlanan köyler petrol yakacak

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (dialect) lamp, lantern, light, candle

References

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çıra”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 972
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چرا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 715
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Zazaki

Etymology

Related to Persian چرا (čerâ).

Adverb

çıra

1. why