چالپاره

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian چار پاره (type of percussion instrument, literally four parts).

Noun

چالپاره (çalpara)

  1. type of wooden castanets

Descendants

  • Turkish: çalpara
  • Armenian: չալփարա (čʻalpʻara)
  • Romanian: geamparale

References

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “çalpara”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چالپاره”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 463a
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çalpara”, in Nişanyan Sözlük