Where does “چل” come from?

چل (Persian) comes from Turkish çil, from Ottoman Turkish چیل, from Proto-Turkic *čïl.

چل (Persian): forty; penis; stupid

Definitions

  1. forty; penis; stupid

Ancestry of “چل”, step by step

چل traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish çil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishçilfreckle; scintillation; shining
2Ottoman Turkishچیلbright, shiny, brilliant, emitting much light
3Proto-Turkic*čïl—

via Persian چهل

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianچهلforty

Words derived from “چل”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *čïl →Every word from Ottoman Turkish چیل →Every word from Turkish çil →
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