չայլախ

Armenian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish چایلاق (çaylak).

Pronunciation

• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑjˈlɑχ/, [t͡ʃʰɑjlɑ́χ]

Noun

չայլախ • (čʻaylax) (Istanbul)

1. kite (bird)

   Synonym: ուրուր (urur)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “չայլախ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages