çarkıfelek

== Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish چرخ فلك (çarh-ı felek). By surface analysis, çark (“wheel”) +‎ -i (ezafe suffix) +‎ felek (“sky, firmament; world, universe; fortune”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃaɾˈkɯ.fe.lek/ === Noun === çarkıfelek (definite accusative çarkıfeleği, plural çarkıfelekler) (philosophy) Wheel of Fortune, the mythological wheel turned randomly by the Roman goddess of fate Wheel of Fortune, a game of chance consisting of a vertical wheel divided into equal marked sectors (pyrotechnics) Catherine wheel, a type of firework that creates sparks and flame and spins when lit (military) cheval de frise, an obstacle made of wood with spikes, for use against attacking cavalry passionflower, passiflora, any of numerous flowering plants of the genus Passiflora, native to America Synonyms: fırıldak çiçeği, saat çiçeği passion fruit, granadilla, the round, edible fruit of the plant Passiflora edulis, which is native to Brazil (figuratively) synonym of talih (“luck, chance”) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “çarkıfelek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “çarkıfelek”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “çarkıfelek”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 891