çark

See also: cark and Cark

Albanian

Etymology

From thark.

Noun

çark m (plural çarqe, definite çarku, definite plural çarqet)

1. trap, snare
2. reel, drivewheel, potter's wheel
3. flintlock, gun hammer
4. tobacco shredder
5. wooden frame or framework
6. (dialectal) bloodletting device
7. (colloquial) row of teeth (in the mouth)

Derived terms

• çarki

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish چرخ (çark, “wheel; machine”), from Persian چرخ (čarx).

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Noun

çark (definite accusative çarğı, plural çarklar)

1. wheel

   Synonym: tekerlek

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چرخ”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 469a