From Ottoman Turkish چناق (çanak, “bowl, earthenware pot”), itself from Proto-Turkic *čïnïańak (“cup, bowl”). Cognate with Azerbaijani çanaq, Bashkir сынаяҡ (sınayaq), Kazakh шыныаяқ (şynyaäq) and Uzbek chanoq.
Practica parlar i memoritzar " çanak " i moltes altres paraules i frases a turc .