çanak
See also: čanak
Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom 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
edit- Hyphenation: ça‧nak
Noun
editçanak (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
Declension
editDerived terms
editFurther reading
edit- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çanak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 878
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çanak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük