Where does “چراغ” come from?

چراغ (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian چراغ, from Middle Persian clʾγ — lamp.

چراغ (Ottoman Turkish): lamp, lantern; light; wick, candlewick

Definitions

  1. lamp, lantern; light; wick, candlewick

Ancestry of “چراغ”, step by step

چراغ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian چراغ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianچراغlamp; light; stove
2Middle Persianclʾγlamp

via Classical Persian چراغ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianچراغ—

Words derived from “چراغ”

Every word from Middle Persian clʾγ →Every word from Persian چراغ →
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