çıkrık

Meaning

1. spinning wheel, a domestic device for spinning yarn or thread from fibres using one spindle
2. capstan, windlass, winch, any mechanical device used to pull in or let out a rope or cable
3. jenny, spinning jenny, a device or frame for spinning thread from fiber onto multiple spindles

Concepts

jenny

Synonyms

vinç

Translations

rouet

Winde

treuil

Spinnrad

tour

filatoio

rocca

çirik

dolav

lewleb

fusus

ຫຼາ

spinnewiel

rueca

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish چقرق (çıkrık, “spinning wheel; capstan; jenny”), from Proto-Turkic *čığrık or *čıkrık (“something which revolves”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čakrám (“wheel”).