Where does “çalar saat” come from?

çalar saat (Turkish) comes from Turkish saat, from Ottoman Turkish ساعت, from Persian ساعت, from Arabic سَاعَة, from Aramaic שָׁעְתָא.

çalar saat (Turkish): alarm clock

Definitions

  1. alarm clock

Ancestry of “çalar saat”, step by step

çalar saat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish saat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishsaattime; clock; watch
2Ottoman Turkishساعتhour; watch
3Persianساعتhour; watch
4Arabicسَاعَةhour, clock
5Aramaicשָׁעְתָא—

via Turkish çalmak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishçalmakto steal; to play a musical instrument; to play a...
2Proto-Turkicčal-to mow
Every word from Aramaic שָׁעְתָא →Every word from Arabic سَاعَة →Every word from Persian ساعت →