çadır
Meaning
- tent
- (slang) A crotch tent (only during an erection).
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Hyphenated as
ça‧dır
Pronounced as (IPA)
/t͡ʃa.ˈdɯɾ/
Etymology
In summary
From Ottoman Turkish چادر (çadır, “tent”), from Old Anatolian Turkish چادر (çadïr, “tent”), from Proto-Oghuz *čādïr (“tent”), from Common Turkic *čātïr (“tent”), possibly from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (cʾtwl /čādur/), ultimately from Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra, “parasol, umbrella, awning”). Cognate with Karakhanid جاتِرْ (čātïr, “tent”), Old Uyghur [script needed] (čatïr, “tent”). Compare Hungarian sátor, Russian шатёр (šatjór), Serbo-Croatian ша̏тор/šȁtor, Turkic borrowings.
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