çeyrek

Nghĩa

quarter (one of four equal parts)

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish چیرك (çeyrek), from Classical Persian چاریک (čāryak, “one of four; a fourth”). Cognate with Kazakh ширек (şirek, “quarter”), Bashkir сирек (sirek, “quarter”), Uzbek chorak (“quarter”), etc.