چوره

Ottoman Turkish

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čebre (“circle, circumference”), a development from the root *čebir- (“to twist, turn”), whence چویرمك (çevirmek, “to turn over, to turn around”). Cognate with Azerbaijani çevrə, Chuvash ҫавра (śavra) and Turkmen çöwre.

چوره • (çevre) (definite accusative چوره‌یی (çevreyi), plural چوره‌لر (çevreler))

circuit, contour, outline, the circumference of, or distance around, any space, the measure of a line around an area or an object
Synonyms: دائره (daʼire), طولای (dolay)
periphery, surroundings, the area encircling someone or something, together with the objects and circumstances in the vicinity
Synonym: اطراف (etraf)
kind of white muslin, handkerchief commonly decorated and edged with gold or silver embroidery, sometimes worn on the head

باشنه چوره صارمق (başına çevre sarmak, “to bind a handkerchief round one's head”)
چوره قوللانمق (çevre kollanmak, “to use a muslin handkerchief”)
چوره یانه (çevre yana, “all around”)
چوره‌سی طولاشمق (çevresi dolaşmak, “to go all round about a place”)
چپه چوره (çepe çevre, “all around”)

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