چاقل
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- چاقیل (çakıl)
Etymology
Cognate to Azerbaijani çınqıl, Turkmen çagyl, Kazakh шағыл (şağıl) of this meaning.Further from
- Ancient Greek κάχληξ (kákhlēx, “pebble”), χᾰ́λῐξ (khálix, “pebble”)
- Latin calculus (“pebble”)
- from Persian سنگلاخ (sanglâx, “stony”)
- related to چاقمق (çakmak, “to strike”) This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
چاقل • (çakıl)
- gravel, pebble, stone material crushed by natural or artificial forces
Derived terms
- چاقلدامق (çakıldamak, “to make a sound like pebbles, to rattle”)
- چاقلداق (çakıldak, “ratchet; rattle”)
- چاقللق (çakıllık, “pebbled path”)
Descendants
- Turkish: çakıl
- → Albanian: çakëll
- → Bulgarian: чакъ̀л (čakǎ̀l)
- → Macedonian: чакал (čakal)