چكه

See also: چکه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *čeŋe (“jaw”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (čeŋe), Azerbaijani çənə, Yakut сэҥийэ (señiye), etc.

Noun

چكه • (çeñe)

Descendants

→ Armenian: չանա (čʻana), չա̈նա̈ (čʻänä), չէնյէ (čʻēnyē), չէնկէ (čʻēnkē) (partly)
→ Georgian: ჩენე (čene) — Chveneburi
→ Laz: ჩენგე (çenge)

Etymology 2

From چكمك (çekmek, “to pull”), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ček- (“to pull”).

Noun

چكه • (çeki)

a measure of weight, approximately 200 kg

Related terms

چكمك (çekmek)

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چكه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 473
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چكه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 727

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