Where does “çax” come from?

çax (Zazaki) comes from Turkish çağ, from Ottoman Turkish چاغ, from Proto-Turkic *čāk — time, measure.

çax (Zazaki): time

Definitions

  1. time

Ancestry of “çax”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishçağera, epoch, age, period; age
2Ottoman Turkishچاغtime
3Proto-Turkic*čāktime, measure
Every word from Proto-Turkic *čāk →Every word from Ottoman Turkish چاغ →Every word from Turkish çağ →