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Khalaj
Noun
چِراغ (çirâğ) (definite accusative چِراغؽ, plural چِراغلار)
- Arabic spelling of çirâğ (“lamp”)
Declension
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Iranian Persian چراغ (čerâğ, čarâğ), itself from Parthian 𐫝𐫡𐫀𐫃 (crʾg /čirāγ/, “lamp”). Doublet of سراج (sirac, “lamp”).
Pronunciation
Noun
چراغ • (çerağ or çirağ) (definite accusative چراغی (çerağı), plural چراغلر (çerağlar))
- 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)
- wick, candlewick, a bundle, twist, or braid of cord, fabric, or fibre that draws up liquid fuel
- Synonyms: سراج (sirac), فتیل (fitil)
- 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
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çerağ”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 935
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “çerâg”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 188
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چراغ”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 468
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Lucerna”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 975
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “چراغ”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 1595
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چراغ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 715
Pashto
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian چراغ.
Noun
چراغ • (čirā́ǧ) m (plural چراغان (čiraǧā́n))
- candle; lamp
- 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).
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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čirāğ, čarāğ
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| Dari reading?
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čirāğ, čarāğ
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| Iranian reading?
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čerâğ, čarâğ
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| Tajik reading?
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čaroġ
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| Dari
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چراغ
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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чароғ
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Noun
چراغ • (čerâğ) (plural چراغ‌ها (čerâğ-hâ))
- lamp
- Synonym: لامپ (lâmp)
- light
- 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)
- lamp
- light
Declension
| Declension of چراغ
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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چراغ (cirāġ)
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چراغ (cirāġ)
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| oblique
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چراغ (cirāġ)
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چراغوں (cirāġõ)
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| vocative
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چراغ (cirāġ)
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چراغو (cirāġo)
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Synonyms