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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish چرا, from Persian چراغ (čerâğ).
Doublet of çırak and çerağ
Noun
çıra (definite accusative çırayı, plural çıralar)
- pitch pine wood
- 1937 June 29, headline in Son Telgraf:
- (dialect) lamp, lantern, light, candle
References
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çıra”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 972
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چرا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 715
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
Zazaki
Etymology
Related to Persian چرا (čerâ).
Adverb
çıra
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