چراغ

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian چراغ (čerâğ, čarâğ).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: چ‧راغ

Noun

چراغ (çerağ, çirağ)

  1. lantern, lamp, especially an oil lamp
    Synonyms: سراج (sirac), قندیل (kandil), لامپه (lampa), مصباح (mısbah)
  2. light, any source of light
    Synonyms: ایشق (ışık), سراج (sirac)
  3. wick, candlewick
    Synonyms: سراج (sirac), فتیل (fitil)
  4. illuminator; teacher, mentor

Derived terms

  • چراغان (çirağan, illuminations)
  • چراغك (çirağek, little lamp)

Descendants

  • Turkish: çirağ

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Parthian 𐫝𐫡𐫀𐫃 (crʾg /čirāγ/, lamp). Compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (clʾγ), 𐫝𐫡𐫀𐫍 (crʾh /čirāγ/, lamp), Sogdian [script needed] (crʾʾγ /čarāγ/), Ossetian цырагъ (cyraǧ). Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian ճրագ (črag), Classical Syriac ܫܪܓܐ (šərāḡāʾ), Arabic سِرَاج (sirāj).

Pronunciation

  • (Dari): IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪɾɒːɣ~t͡ʃaɾɒːɣ/
  • (Iranian Persian): IPA(key): /t͡ʃeɾɒːɢ~t͡ʃæɾɒːɢ/
  • (Tajik): IPA(key): /t͡ʃiɾɔːɣ~t͡ʃaɾɔːɣ/
Dari چراغ
Iranian Persian
Tajik чароғ (čaroġ)

Noun

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

  1. lamp
  2. light
  3. stove

Derived terms

  • چراغانی (čerâğâni)
  • چراغی (čerâği)
  • چراغچی (čerâğči)

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian چراغ (čerâğ, čarâğ).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t͡ʃə.ɾɑːɣ/, /t͡ʃɪ.ɾɑːɣ/
  • (Deccani) IPA(key): /t͡ʃə.ɾɑːɣ/, /t͡ʃɪ.ɾɑːɣ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːɣ
  • Hyphenation: چ‧راغ

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 (cirāġō̃)
vocative چراغ (cirāġ) چراغو (cirāġō)

Synonyms

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