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Turkish
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”).
Noun
çıkrık (definite accusative çıkrığı, plural çıkrıklar)
- spinning wheel, a domestic device for spinning yarn or thread from fibres using one spindle
- capstan, windlass, winch, any mechanical device used to pull in or let out a rope or cable
- Synonyms: bocurgat, ırgat
- jenny, spinning jenny, a device or frame for spinning thread from fiber onto multiple spindles
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