چكمجه
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- چكمهجه (çekmece)
Etymology
From چكمك (çekmek, “to pull”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t͡ʃɛc.mɛ.ˈd͡ʒɛ], [t͡ʃɛc.ˈmɛ.d͡ʒɛ]
Noun
چكمجه • (çekmece)
- any implement pulled up
- drawbridge
- drawer, a furniturized storage unit, a casket or desk that instead of a lid has pull-out mechanism
Descendants
- Turkish: çekmece
- → Armenian: չեքմեճե (čʿekʿmeče)
- → Bulgarian: чекмедже́ (čekmedžé)
- → Macedonian: чекмеџе (čekmedže)
- → Romanian: cecmegea
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: чекмѐџе, чекмѐџа
- Latin: čekmèdže, čekmèdža