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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish چناق (çanak, “bowl, earthenware pot”), itself from Proto-Turkic *čïnïańak (“cup, bowl”). Cognate with Azerbaijani çanaq, Bashkir сынаяҡ (sınayaq), Kazakh шыныаяқ (şynyaäq) and Uzbek chanoq.
Pronunciation
Noun
çanak (definite accusative çanağı, plural çanaklar)
- bowl, earthenware pot, a container used to hold, mix or present food
- potful, the amount of food a pot or bowl can hold
- (botany) calyx, the outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals
- (geography) basin, bowl, a depression whose depth is less than its width
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