چنك
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Persian چنگ (čang, “claw, talon; lyre, harp”).
Noun
چنك • (çenk)
- claw, talon of a bird
- Synonym: پنچه (pençe)
- crook used by an elephant's driver
- lyre, harp
Descendants
- Turkish: çenk
Adjective
چنك • (çenk)
- curved, crooked, humped
Further reading
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “چنك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, columns 1663–1664
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “چنك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 732