چاق

چاق

See also: جاف‎, خاف‎, and حاق‎

Ottoman Turkish

Adverb

چاق • (çak)

1. exactly
2. precisely

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Persian

Etymology

Doublet of چاغ‎ and from the same Turkic source as the former[1]. The semantic development must have been along the lines of 'measure of something' → 'in high measure' → 'strong'[2] → 'thick, healthy, sound' etc. Compare Uzbek chogʻ (“happy, gay, joyful”), Azerbaijani çağ (“healthy; well-fed; happy”) for a similar development. Cognate with Talysh çok (“good”). Persian چاغ‎ was borrowed from a parallel track of semantic development, 'measure of something' → 'measure of time' → 'time'.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑːq/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɒːq/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɒːɢ/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɔːq/

Adjective

Dari	چاق
Iranian Persian
Tajik	чоқ (čoq)

چاق • (čâq) (comparative چاق‌تَر‎ (čâq-tar), superlative چاق‌تَرین‎ (čâq-tarin))

1. fat, overweight

   Synonym: فربه‎ (farbe)

   Antonym: لاغر‎ (lâğar)

   ‏سه کیلو چاق شده‌ام.‎‎ ― se kilo čâq šode-am. ― I gained three kilograms.

2. (colloquial) thick
3. (colloquial) healthy, sound

   ‏دماغت چاقه؟‎‎ ― damaq-et čâq-e? ― you doin' well?!

Derived terms

• چاق شدن‎ (čâq šodan)
• چاق کردن‎ (čâq kardan)

 

Descendants

• → Armenian: չաղ (čʿał)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: चाक़ (cāq)

  Urdu: چاق‎

References

1. Doerfer, Gerhard (1967) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 20)‎ (in German), volume 3, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, § 1047, page 29
2. Doerfer, Gerhard (1967) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 20)‎ (in German), volume 3, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, § 1045, page 26