چراغ

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Noun

چِراغ (çirâğ) (definite accusative چِراغؽ, plural چِراغلار)

  1. Arabic spelling of çirâğ (“lamp”)

Declension

Declension of چراغ
singular plural
nominative چراغ چراغلار
genitive چراغؽݧ چراغلارؽݧ
dative چراغقا چراغلارقا
definite accusative چراغؽ چراغلارؽ
locative چراغچا چراغلارچا
ablative چراغدا چراغلاردا
instrumental چراغلا چراغلارلا
equative چراغوارا چراغلاروارا

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Iranian Persian چراغ (čerâğ, čarâğ), itself from Parthian 𐫝𐫡𐫀𐫃 (crʾg /⁠čirāγ⁠/, “lamp”). Doublet of سراج (sirac, “lamp”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: چ‧راغ

Noun

چراغ • (çerağ or çirağ) (definite accusative چراغی (çerağı), plural چراغلر (çerağlar))

  1. lamp, oil lamp, a simple vessel used to produce light continuously from a liquid fuel source
    Synonyms: سراج (sirac), قندیل (kandil), لامپه (lampa), مصباح (mısbah)
  2. wick, candlewick, a bundle, twist, or braid of cord, fabric, or fibre that draws up liquid fuel
    Synonyms: سراج (sirac), فتیل (fitil)
  3. light, any source of illumination, such as a candle, lightbulb, torch, lamp, streetlight, etc.
    Synonyms: آیدین (aydın), ایشق (ışık), سراج (sirac), نور (nur)

Derived terms

  • سراج (sirac, “oil lamp, lamp”)
  • چرا (çıra, “pitch-pine wood”)
  • چراق (çırak, “pensioner, apprentice”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: çerağ, çirağ

Further reading

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian چراغ.

Noun

چراغ • (čirā́ǧ) m (plural چراغان (čiraǧā́n))

  1. candle; lamp
  2. illumination

References

  • Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “چراغ”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press, page 554

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Parthian 𐫝𐫡𐫀𐫃 (crʾg /⁠čirāγ⁠/, “lamp”). Compare Middle Persian (clʾγ), 𐫝𐫡𐫀𐫍 (crʾh /⁠čirāγ⁠/, “lamp”), Sogdian (crʾʾγ /⁠čarāγ⁠/), Ossetian цырагъ (cyraǧ). Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian ճրագ (črag), Classical Syriac ܫܪܓܐ (šərāḡāʾ), Arabic سِرَاج (sirāj).

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Related to Proto-Indo-Iranian *čitrás (“bright, shining”)?”

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? čirāğ, čarāğ
Dari reading? čirāğ, čarāğ
Iranian reading? čerâğ, čarâğ
Tajik reading? čaroġ
Dari چراغ
Iranian Persian
Tajik чароғ

Noun

چراغ • (čerâğ) (plural چراغ‌ها (čerâğ-hâ))

  1. lamp
    Synonym: لامپ (lâmp)
  2. light
  3. stove

Derived terms

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چراغ (čirâğ, čarâğ).

Pronunciation

Noun

چِراغ or چَراغ • (cirāġ or carāġ) m (Hindi spelling चिराग़ or चराग़)

  1. lamp
  2. light

Declension

    Declension of چراغ
singular plural
direct چراغ (cirāġ) چراغ (cirāġ)
oblique چراغ (cirāġ) چراغوں (cirāġõ)
vocative چراغ (cirāġ) چراغو (cirāġo)

Synonyms

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