چنبر

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian چنبر (čanbar, circle, hoop).

Noun

چنبر (çember)

  1. hoop, a circular band of wood or metal used to bind a barrel
  2. ring, hoop, any solid object in the shape of a circle
    Synonym: حلقه (halka)

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Further reading

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Persian (cmbl /⁠čambar⁠/). Akin to Old Armenian ճամբար (čambar, camp; collar), Classical Syriac ܨܰܡܒܳܪܳܐ (ṣambārā, lunate ornament), Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? čambar
Dari reading? čambar
Iranian reading? čambar
Tajik reading? čambar

Noun

چنبر (čanbar)

  1. circle, hoop

Descendants

Further reading

  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 186–187
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 21
  • Vullers, Johann August (1855) “چنبر”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 592b