Where does “چقرقجی” come from?
چقرقجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Turkish çıkrık, from Ottoman Turkish چقرق, from Proto-Turkic *čığrık, from Proto-Indo-Iranian čakrám, from Proto-Indo-European kʷékʷlos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
چقرقجی (Ottoman Turkish): turner, a person who turns and shapes wood or other materials on a lathe
Definitions
- turner, a person who turns and shapes wood or other materials on a lathe
Ancestry of “چقرقجی”, step by step
چقرقجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish çıkrık
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | çıkrık | spinning wheel, a domestic device for spinning yarn or thread from fibres using one spindle |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | چقرق | spinning wheel, a domestic device for spinning yarn or thread from fibres using one spindle |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *čığrık | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | čakrám | wheel |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷékʷlos | wheel; circle |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |