çark

== Albanian == === Etymology === From thark. === Noun === çark m (plural çarqe, definite çarku, definite plural çarqet) trap, snare reel, drivewheel, potter's wheel flintlock, gun hammer tobacco shredder wooden frame or framework (dialectal) bloodletting device (colloquial) row of teeth (in the mouth) ==== Derived terms ==== çarki ==== Descendants ==== → Aromanian: čeárcu (“gadget, gear”) === References === == Turkish == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃɑɾk/ === Noun === çark (definite accusative çarkı, plural çarklar) A wheel-shaped piece of machinery, like a cogwheel or a gear. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Kélékian, Diran (1911), “چرخ”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 469a