حلقه

See also: حلقة and خلقة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَلْقَة (ḥalqa, ring, loop).

Noun

حلقه • (halka) (plural حلق or حالق)

  1. ring, hoop, any solid object in the shape of a circle
    Synonyms: اطار (itar), چنبر (çember), خاتم (hatem), یوزوك (yüzük)
  2. link, a circular element of a chain or other connected series
    Synonym: باقلا (bakla)

Derived terms

  • حلقه بند (halka-bend, who joins rings or links)
  • حلقه زن (halka-zen, who knocks the ring of a door)
  • حلقهجی (halkacı, maker or seller of rings)
  • حلقهلتمق (halkalatmak, to be furnished with rings)
  • حلقهلنمق (halkalanmak, to become a ring)
  • حلقهلو (halkalı, furnished with rings)

Descendants

  • Turkish: halka
  • Armenian: խալխա (xalxa), խալաղա (xalaġa), հալկա (halka)

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَلْقَة (ḥalqa).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? halqa
Dari reading? halqa
Iranian reading? halğe
Tajik reading? halqa

Noun

Dari حلقه
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҳалқа

حلقه • (halqe)

  1. ring
  2. hoop
  3. circle

Derived terms

adjectives
  • حلقه‌ای (halqe-'i, ring-like, circular)
  • حلقه‌وار (halqe-vâr, ring-shaped, orbicular)
nouns
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