çalpara

== Turkish == === Alternative forms === çalpare === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish چالپاره (çalpara), from Classical Persian چَار (čār, “four”, colloquial form of چَهَار (čahār)) + پَارَه (pāra, “part”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃaɫ.paˈɾa/ Hyphenation: çal‧pa‧ra === Noun === çalpara (definite accusative çalparayı, plural çalparalar) castanet, a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of concave shell-shaped parts joined on one edge Synonyms: kastanyet, şakşak velvet crab, any crab of the species Necora puber, found in the Atlantic and in the Mediterranean ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “çalpara”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “çalpara”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “çalpara”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 874 Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “çalpara”, in Nişanyan Sözlük