چوقال

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Ottoman Turkish

چوقال

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

چوقال • (çokal) (definite accusative چوقالی (çokalı), plural چوقاللر (çokallar))

  1. coat of mail, plate armour, a defensive garment made of metal scales or interlinked metal rings
  2. horse armor, barding, barb, a piece of defensive armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks
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  • Turkish: çokal

Further reading

Etymology 2

چوقال

Borrowed from Greek τσουκάλι (tsoukáli, “crock”). Compare Romanian țucal (“chamber pot”).

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Noun

چوقال • (çukal) (definite accusative چوقالی (çukalı), plural چوقاللر (çukallar))

  1. chamber pot, a pot used for urination and defecation before the advent of the flush toilet
    Synonym: اوتوراق (oturak)
  2. crock, a large earthenware or ceramic pot or jar sometimes used to store food and water
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Further reading

  • Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “چوقال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 610
  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çukal2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1056
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چوقال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 479
  • Meyer, Gustav (1893) “Türkische Studien. I. Die griechischen und romanischen Bestandtheile im Wortschatze des Osmanisch-Türkischen”, in Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German), volume 128, Wien: In Commission bei F. Tempsky, page 49
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چوقال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 737
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