çark

Meaning

A wheel-shaped piece of machinery, like a cogwheel or a gear.

Concepts

Frequency

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Etymology

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish چرخ (çark, “wheel; machine”), from Persian چرخ (čarx), from Middle Persian 𐫝𐫍𐫡 (chr /⁠čahr⁠/, “wheel, cycle”), from Proto-Iranian *čaxrám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čakrám, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (“wheel, circle”). Doublet of çakra.

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