چراغ

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian چراغ (čerâğ, čarâğ).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: چ‧راغ

Noun

چراغ (çerâg, çirâg)

  1. lamp, lantern
  2. light
  3. wick, candlewick
  4. illuminator; teacher, mentor
  5. pasture, meadow

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian clʾγ (čirāγ, lamp). Compare Parthian crʾg (čirāγ), Ossetian цырагъ (cyraǧ). Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian ճրագ (črag), Classical Syriac ܫܪܓܐ (šərāḡāʾ), Arabic سِرَاج (sirāj).

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. lamp
  2. light
  3. stove
  4. wick, candlewick
  5. director, guide
  6. client, dependent
  7. pasture

Derived terms

  • چراغانی (čerâğâni)
  • چراغی (čerâği)

Descendants


Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian چراغ (čerâgh, čarâgh).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: چ‧راغ

Noun

چراغ (čirāġ, čarāġ) m (Hindi spelling चिराग़)

  1. lamp
  2. light

Declension

Declension of چراغ
singular plural
direct چراغ (čirāġ) چراغ (čirāġ)
oblique چراغ (čirāġ) چراغوں (čirāġõ)
vocative چراغ (čirāġ) چراغو (čirāġo)

Synonyms

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